According to the media outlet, the new US military base is located in al-Tanak oilfield, which is controlled by the Kurdish militia, and American troops have dispatched more equipment to the Syrian army’s defence lines – from the town of Khasham in southeastern Deir ez-Zor to the city of Hosseinieh, northeast of the region.
Earlier in the day, the White House reiterated President Trump’s resolve to withdraw US forces from Syria as soon as possible following French President Emmanuel Macron’s remark about convincing his American counterpart to maintain a US presence in the war-torn country for a long time.
 

“The US mission has not changed – the president has been clear he wants US forces to come home as quickly as possible. We are determined to completely crush [Daesh] and create the conditions that will prevent its return. In addition, we expect our regional allies and partners to take greater responsibility both militarily and financially for securing the region,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.

 
On April 14, the United States, the UK and France carried out coordinated airstrikes against Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack by the government of Bashar al-Assad in the city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta, since refuted by  The Independent in Britain itself with a report from Robert Fisk that includes dozens of eye-witnesses as well as  doctors. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the three countries fired over 100 missiles, three-quarters of which were either intercepted by the Syrian Air Defenses or missed their targets.