Wednesday 13/01/2021
A US Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) patrols near the village of Tal Alo, in the Yarubiyah district of Syria’s north-eastern Hasakah province near the M4 highway, last November. (AFP)
US forces are building up military reinforcements in the Deir ez-Zor governorate in eastern Syria. Their moves have not been ordered by US President-elect Joe Biden, but are a prelude to the incoming president’s next steps on a crisis that is approaching the end of its first decade with no political solution in sight.
The reinforcements followed the escalation of ISIS operations east of the Euphrates River. Whether orchestrated by Damascus and its allies or not, a new limited war on terror is looming on the horizon there and may shape Biden’s policy in Syria during his term in office.