ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The US-led global coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) on Friday dispatched military and logistical supplies to northern Syria amid ongoing clashes between the American-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkey and its allied rebel groups in the area, reported a war monitor.
"A cargo plane of the International Coalition carrying military and logistical supplies and weapons landed in Kharab Al-Jair base in Rumaylan countryside in northern Al-Hasakah,” reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Friday.
It added that "a fighter jet and a helicopter were seen flying over the base to provide protection.”
The report detailed that "Coalition Forces brought in a convoy of 60 trucks carrying armored vehicles, heavy weapons, cannons, military vehicles, and closed boxes, as well as fuel trucks from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.”
Friday’s delivery comes a few days after another coalition cargo plane dispatched additional military supplies to the al-Shaddadi base in Hasakah province.
The US operates nine bases in north and east Syria, coordinating with Kurdish forces in the country in the fight against ISIS.
The SDF, considered the Kurdish de facto army in Syria and the US’ primary ally in the fight against ISIS in the country, controls the bulk of northeastern and eastern regions of Syria, amounting to a quarter of the country's territory.
Sporadic clashes between the SDF and Turkey and its affiliated rebel groups have been ongoing since and little before the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, resulting in casualties and leading to the displacement of thousands of civilians.
The Turkey-backed rebels have been intensely pushing to wrest control of Kobani, and the strategic Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River from the SDF with the support of Turkish warplanes, but so far, to no avail.
Ankara has said it would press on with military preparations in northern Syria against the SDF until the group is disarmed, claiming that the Kurdish-led force is a security threat to Turkey, labeling it as an offshoot of its domestic foe, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
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