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© Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.U.S.-backed forces capture Syrian air base from IS
By PHILIP ISSA BEIRUT©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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lostrune2
Are they gonna use that air base now?
Fred Wallace
Dejavu. Afghanistan all over again. How one tires of americas problem reaction solution!!
nandakandamanda
Only psychologically important as the IS air force is not any great shakes.
The US will not want to use it, for a number of obvious reasons, so they will have to hand it over to someone, essentially Syrian, with an airforce.