Also, there were reports of the appearance of several military vehicles of the US Army in the border village of Al-Catania.
An American military convoy headed on Thursday toward the Sarin military base located in northeast Syria. This was reported by Al Arabiya.
According to him, “a large US military convoy set off from the border Syrian city of Tell Tamer towards the Sarin military base”, located in northeast Syria.
Simultaneously with the news of the transfer of an American detachment to the Sarin base, there were reports of the appearance of several military vehicles of the US Army in the Syrian border village of Al-Catania. According to eyewitnesses who led Agence France-Presse, “five US military vehicles patrolled near Al-Catania an area near the Syrian-Turkish border that the American forces had left before the start of the Turkish army’s military operation in the region”.
On October 9, Ankara announced the conduct of the “Source of Peace” operation in northern Syria to create a buffer zone there. It should become a protective belt for the Turkish border. According to Ankara’s plan, Syrian refugees will be able to return to Turkey from this region. On October 17, the United States and Turkey reached an agreement to suspend hostilities. Turkey agreed to ceasefire for 120 hours so that Kurdish forces, members of the coalition of the “Forces of Democratic Syria”, leave the border security zone created by Ankara.
A few days ago, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced that the US intends to deploy additional ground mechanized forces to northern Syria to protect oil fields from IS fighters.