US-backed militants establish new encampment in southeastern Syria
NOVANEWS
By Ian Greenhalgh
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Al-Masdar News
US-backed militants establish new encampment in southeastern Syria
Militants of Maghaweir Al-Thawra (Revolutionary guards), an islamist group supported by the U.S., have set up a new camp in Al-Zagiph area in southeastern Syria.
The area is located 70 kilometres northeast of Al-Tanf border crossing to Iraq and approximately 130 kilometres south of Al-Bukamal city in Deir Ezzor province controlled by the so-called “Islamic State” (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS).
According to the statement issued by the group, the new garrison is intended to intensify struggle against IS.
However, it looks obvious that imposing control over Syrian-Iraqi border bears higher priority for the U.S. and their islamist allies, than just fighting against IS.
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