26 August 2018 - 09:45

US preparing for no-fly zone in northern Syria: source

<p style="text-align:left">The US-led Coalition against the Islamic State (IS) has installed advanced radar systems in the Kurdish areas of Hassakah and Kobani in preparation for creating a no-fly zone in northern Syria, a source told BasNews.

According to the source the facilities are set up in previously established airbases in southern Kobani as well as in Hassakah’s Romailan.
“Such facilities were needed for the creation of a no-fly zone that would possibly cover the areas from Manbij to Deir Ez-Zzor,” the source pointed out.
He also revealed that the US has recently sent additional shipments of weapons and ammunitions to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in order to prepare the Kurdish-led fighters for the final stages of the anti-IS campaign in the southern countryside of Hassakah.
The new measures are apparently in line with Washington’s plan to strengthen its military presence in Syria.
Another source from the Democratic Union Party (PYD) told BasNews earlier that the US forces will not withdraw from Syrian Kurdistan after defeating the Islamic State (IS).
Concerning US’s possible no-fly zone in the easter Euphrates, the source said is aimed to protect the region against international and internal threats.
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