US-led International Coalition is set to establish a new military base near the Turkish-Syrian border

According to the Arab News, the US-led International Coalition is set to establish a new military base along the Turkish-Syrian boundary to eradicate the rest of the remaining terror groups. The military main base will be situated in the Ain Dewar zone of Syria's northeastern territory of Hasakah.

As indicated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a military convoy of more than 50 trucks and military vehicles affiliated to the International Coalition were noticed crossing into north-eastern Syria from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

"Trucks carrying weapons, armored vehicles, military, and other logistic equipment, entered through Al-Walid crossing with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, going towards Al-Qamishli zone," the Observatory detailed as reported by the Arab News.

As per the Asharq Al-Awsat reports, the SOHR activists also confirmed on February 8, that a new International Coalition convoy, comprising of 45 military vehicles and trucks, entered the Syrian domain through the Al-Walid line crossing with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The US had declared the development of an expansion of the global alliance to fight Daesh in September 2014. Moreover, Turkey started participating in the coalition the next year by opening its southern Incirlik airbase to alliance powers.

According to the Arab News, Nicholas Heras, director of government relations at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, stated that the site of the new army base at Ain Dewar was a sensible move if the US proposes to have a long term presence in upper east Syria.

Heras told the Arab News, "The base would be situated close to the main section point into northeast Syria from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which is the place where the vast majority of the territory lines of resupply and fortification for the counter-Daesh campaign penetrate Syria."

Heras likewise mentioned that the Ain Dewar base was intended to help an important mission to counter-terrorism campaign against Daesh in northeastern Syria.

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