Over 100 US marines arrive in Syria's Hasakah province

Over 100 US marines arrived on Monday in Hasakah in preparation for attacking the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria's northern Raqqa province, reported the pan-Arab Mayadeen TV.


The marines are the first batch of another 400, scheduled to arrive in Syria to assist the Kurdish-led groups in this next stage of attacking the IS's de facto capital of Raqqa, said the report.

The US forces arrived in the Kurdish-controlled Rmailan airport which in the Hasakah province, a main stronghold for Kurdish people and fighters.

Arriving US forces will be deployed to areas controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) group, said the report.

In addition to the US forces, 100 Polish soldiers arrived in Rmailan airport two weeks ago, members of the US-led anti-terror coalition, said the report.
  [Xinhua/China]
14/3/17
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