Overview
- Reuters cites six sources, including two Western officials and a Syrian defense official, saying the presence would help monitor a U.S.-brokered non‑aggression pact and a prospective demilitarized zone in southern Syria.
- Over the past two months, Pentagon reconnaissance missions assessed the site and concluded the long runway is usable, and Syrian sources reported American C‑130 landings as part of runway tests.
- Technical discussions have focused on logistics, surveillance, refueling and humanitarian roles at the facility, with Syria retaining sovereignty over the base.
- The Syrian Foreign Ministry, via SANA, said the information is not true and rejected talk of U.S. bases in Syria, and the Pentagon has not publicly confirmed any deployment.
- Reuters withheld the base’s exact identity for operational security as speculation centered on Mezzeh or Dumayr air bases, and the timing for any U.S. personnel deployment remains unspecified ahead of Trump’s planned meeting with Sharaa.