--- title: "DoD denies US military building a new ‘base’ in Syria" type: "post" post_id: "8389" slug: "dod-denies-us-military-building-a-new-base-in-syria" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/01/04/dod-denies-us-military-building-a-new-base-in-syria/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/01/04/dod-denies-us-military-building-a-new-base-in-syria.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/01/04/dod-denies-us-military-building-a-new-base-in-syria.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/01/04/dod-denies-us-military-building-a-new-base-in-syria.txt" published: "2025-01-04T21:47:30+00:00" modified: "2025-01-04T21:47:30+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Birth Pangs" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- > ***‘If it’s been officially denied, then it’s probably true’***– [Pilger’s law](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/pilger-s-law-if-it-s-been-officially-denied-then-it-rsquo-s-probably-true-959206.html) > “**But if reports are accurate, something is going on and it has nothing to do with ISIS**“- **Responsible Statecraft linked below my previous posts** **Let’s go back to 2 of my older posts:** > [US Should Prepare to Kill Turks in Syria- Regional Remake Progresses](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/12/23/us-should-prepare-to-kill-turks-in-syria-regional-remake-progresses/) > [“At least 16 U.S. bases to secure Syria’s oil fields” and Target Turkey!](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/12/21/at-least-16-u-s-bases-to-secure-syrias-oil-fields-and-target-turkey/) [Responsible Statecraft](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-military-in-syria/) > Unfortunately the follow-ups in the briefing room were weak and didn’t ask the next logical question more plainly: **if not a “base” is there an outpost or smaller fortification being constructed for the mobilization of U.S. troops and personnel? [If video and on-the-ground reports are to be believed](https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-reportedly-setting-northern-syria-225038633.html), something is going on there.** From[ Howard Altman at The WarZone](https://www.twz.com/news-features/u-s-reportedly-setting-up-new-base-in-northern-syria): > A half dozen years [after abandoning Kobani](https://www.twz.com/30190/u-s-blindsides-syrian-kurds-with-approval-for-turkish-invasion-opens-door-to-larger-conflict), **`U.S. forces are reportedly building a base in this northern Syrian city on the Turkish border `that has been riven by strife between Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed forces.** This all comes as a new Syrian government is trying to establish control over the country [after ousting Bashar al-Assad](https://www.twz.com/news-features/the-assad-regime-has-fallen-claims-swirl-around-possible-crash-of-his-escape-jet). > **Several videos and images have emerged on social media claiming to show U.S. troops and equipment heading toward Kobani, reportedly to build a `new international coalition base.`** > > According to SOHR sources, **this comes as a part of US forces’ efforts to boost their bases and establish a new military base in Ain Al-Arab** in light of the growing security and military tension in that region. > > Yesterday, SOHR sources reported that **“International Coalition” forces brought a convoy of logistic reinforcements including premade chambers, surveillance cameras, cement blocks, fuel tanks and digging machineries towards Ain Al-Arab (Kobani).** **Ain Al-Arab is the Syrian name for this city. When the US and their Kurdish allies ethnically cleansed the area- the immediately began rewriting reality in order to kurdify the areas.** > According to reliable SOHR sources, the digging and drilling will start tomorrow and more military reinforcements such as soldiers, weapons, armoured vehicles, radars and anti-aircraft weapons will be brought. > > Altman reports that “t**he claimed U.S. build-up in Kobani comes as fighting continues between the SDF and Turkish-backed forces in northern Syria”** since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in early December. “**Video emerged on social media claiming the SDF downed a Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 drone over the Qarqozak Bridge, south of Kobani. It is claimed to be the third such shootdown in a month.”** > > “**Turkish-backed forces have reportedly escalated attacks on the Tishreen Dam as well as the Qara Quzak Bridge**, both key to logistics in the area. Kurdish journalist Rohat Baran emphasized that these sites are not just vital for the local population but also hold **broader regional importance in terms of trade, energy, and military operations,” Altman wrote** **Broader regional importance… Greater Kurdistan aka Israel 2.0- Birth Pangs** > Meanwhile the U.S. and its coalition partners, which include French forces, have been actively fighting ISIS in central and eastern Syria, he said. **There are now 2,000 U.S. military in the country, [a number that suddenly increased](https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-twice-many-troops-syria-than-previously-declared-pentagon-says-2024-12-19/) with no real explanation beyond the 900 that were assumed there just a month ago.** > RS reached out to the Pentagon press office on Thursday and asked if the military “is sending reinforcements and is building a new facility in Kobani” and if so, were the troop numbers beyond the 2,000 being reported in the country today. **We were told they were currently looking into the reports.** Read entirely at the Responsible State Craft link provided