Iran Press/Middle East: The Syrian army on Saturday captured an abandoned US military base in the village of Qasr Yalda in the western countryside of Hasakah province, said the official on condition of anonymity.
"In this area, there was a US military base, and with our efforts and the Syrian army's determination, we will dislodge all US forces and all other foreign aggressors from our territories," Xinhua reported.
The Syrian army entered the town as part of a recent deployment in nearby areas to secure the Hasakah-Aleppo road.
It is worth noting that the United States has started withdrawing from areas in northeastern Syria since Turkey launched a military campaign against the US-backed Kurdish forces in that region on 9 October.
In tandem with the Turkish assault, the Kurdish-led SDF and the Syrian army reached a deal under Russian mediation earlier this week for the army to assume defensive responsibilities for certain Kurdish-held areas to counter the Turkish attack.
The Kurdish forces have found themselves in an unpleasant situation with the Turkish attack.
The United States and Turkey on 17 October reached an agreement on a five-day pause in the fighting to build a safe zone in northern Syria, where the Turkish forces had been fighting local Kurdish forces.
On Friday, Kurdish forces urged the United States and international organizations, such as the United Nations and Arab League, to send observers to monitor the truce.
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