Syria: US army confirms handover of bases in Syria | EUROtoday

The US army has confirmed the abandonment of its bases in Syria. All the massive ones bases had been handed over to the Syrian authorities, the accountable US regional command Centcom mentioned on the request of the dpa information company. However, US troops proceed to assist partner-led counterterrorism efforts for safety within the area, it mentioned.

Syrians The State Department had beforehand reported that US troops had “completely handed over their posts in the country to the Syrian government.” They had fought for years in Syria with a Kurdish-led army coalition in opposition to the extremist group Islamic State (IS). The terrorist militia IS has been militarily defeated since 2019.

On Thursday, US forces handed over management of the Kasrak air base in Hassake province, a Kurdish stronghold within the northeast of the nation, to the Syrian state. According to the Ministry of Defense in Damascus, Syrian troopers at the moment are on the base.

US forces started withdrawing from Kasrak on the finish of February. The withdrawal from Syria got here on the similar time that the US was strengthening its army capabilities round Iran. On February twenty eighth, the USA, along with Israel, started bombing Iran.

https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2026-04/syrien-us-truppen-abzug-stuetzpunkte