U.S. navy automobiles transfer forward of buses transporting Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq, in keeping with a safety supply from the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Qamishli. File
| Photograph Credit score: Reuters
Syria’s Defence Ministry stated on Sunday (February 15, 2026) it had taken over the Al-Shadadi base within the northeast from U.S. forces, days after assuming management of a facility close to the Jordan-Iraq borders.
“The forces of the Syrian Arab Military have taken over the Al-Shadadi navy base within the Hasakeh countryside following coordination with the American aspect,” a Ministry assertion stated.
U.S. forces working as a part of the worldwide coalition in opposition to the Islamic State group had been stationed on the base outdoors the city of the identical identify. The city housed a jail the place Kurdish forces detained members of the extremist jihadist organisation, earlier than authorities forces superior into the realm final month.
Sunday’s (February 15) announcement follows U.S. affirmation on Thursday (February 12) that its forces had vacated Al-Tanf base close to Syria’s borders with Jordan and Iraq.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been a serious companion of the U.S.-led worldwide coalition in opposition to IS, and have been instrumental within the group’s territorial defeat in Syria in 2019.
However following the autumn in December 2024 of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, the USA has drawn nearer to the brand new authorities in Damascus, not too long ago declaring that the necessity for its alliance with the Kurds had largely handed.
Regardless of IS’s territorial defeat, the group stays lively, nonetheless. On Saturday (February 14, 2026), the U.S. Central Command stated its forces had struck greater than 30 IS targets in Syria this month. A CENTCOM assertion stated the air strikes between February 3 and 12 hit IS “infrastructure and weapons storage targets”.
Revealed – February 15, 2026 10:02 pm IST