Aircraft from the US-led international coalition in Syria have struck a military base in the El Omar oil field area in the Deir ez-Zor province in the eastern part of the Arab republic, Syria TV reported.
According to the media, the air force destroyed infrastructure "that was used by the US military before their evacuation".
On Friday, the Syrian newspaper Al Watan reported that a convoy of 200 military vehicles left two US military bases in Deir ez-Zor and headed for northern Iraq. According to the publication, a large group of American soldiers and military equipment have been withdrawn from American facilities in the area of the El Omar oil field and the Koniko gas field in eastern Syria. The number of soldiers who have moved to American bases in Iraq has not been specified.
On April 23, the withdrawal of troops and military equipment from the American base in Ash Shadadi in the Syrian province of Hasaka, which is located near the Al-Jebsa oil field, began. Three of the eight American operational bases in northeastern Syria will soon be closed, and the military personnel will be reduced from 2,200 to 1,400 people, The New York Times reported.