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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US military base suffers mortar fire in Syria
2022-05-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] In the south of the Syrian province of Hasakah, on May 16, a US military base located in the Al-Shaddadi region was fired from mortars. It is reported by Al Mayadeen TV channel.

According to him, the shelling was carried out from the side of the Syrian-Iraqi border, most of the mines exploded in the vicinity of the base. Currently, American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are intensively loitering over Ash Shaddadi and the border area.

Recall that since the beginning of the year, American military installations and camps in Syria have been shelled at least six times.

As REGNUM reported , units of the US armed forces in Syria carried out the export of a batch of oil illegally produced at one of the Syrian fields.
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Posted by:badanov

#5  After we take Moscow, Syria will collapse due to the absence of a great power sponsor. This base is waiting for that day.
Posted by: Blackbeard Unereck7174   2022-05-17 13:15  

#4  It is a tripwire so that we end up in conflict with a random selected combatant. It is like the Outpost portion of the Korean Conflict without the underlying purpose.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-05-17 12:38  

#3  It’s Hasakah province, so I imagine they’re working with the SDF, ie the Syrian Kurds.

The attackers are probably Iranian clients reporting to the IRGC, just as they are in Iraq.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-05-17 12:34  

#2  /\ Currently, American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are intensively loitering over Ash Shaddadi and the border area.


Likely a Klingon UAV stationing, operations and retransmission (RETRANS) site. Might be some ad hoc 'host nation' training going on by the Army as a cover for action.


Posted by: Besoeker   2022-05-17 12:05  

#1  What is the purpose of this military base?
Posted by: bman   2022-05-17 11:59  

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