Hasakah, MINA – For the first time, on Friday the first U.S. military warehouse near the Iraqi border was evacuated Following US President Donald Trump’s decision last week.
According to a reliable local source, the U.S. forces vacated a warehouse in Malikiye in the northeast al-Hasakah province, Iraq. Anadolu reported.
Hummer armored vehicles and trucks from the 400-square-meter (4,306 square foot) warehouse — around which some 50 U.S. troops were based — were sent to Iraq.
The U.S. troops based around the warehouse also left for Iraq.
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The warehouses have served as hubs for the distribution of U.S. materiel to the opposition group YPG/PKK in northern Syria through Iraq.
Turkey has long objected to U.S. support for the YPG/PKK, arguing that supporting one group (the YPG/PKK) to fight another (Daesh) terrorist organization makes no sense.
Washington’s military presence in Syria has included some 18 military bases.
President Donald Trump last week made a surprise announcement that the U.S. would withdraw its troops from Syria. His decision followed a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in which the two leaders agreed on the need for more effective coordination over the civil war-torn country.
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In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU — has been responsible for the death of some 40,000 people, including women and children. (R/P2)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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