The US is preparing to set up a military presence at an airbase in Syria’s capital to enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, according to Reuters.

Reuters cited sources, including two Western officials and a Syrian defence official, as saying that the US was planning to use the base to help monitor a potential Israel-Syria agreement.

While there has been no official confirmation on the matter, a US administration officials said that Washington was “constantly evaluating our necessary posture in Syria to effectively combat ISIS (Islamic State) and (we) do not comment on locations or possible locations of (where) forces operate."

Another officials said that the Pentagon has stepped up its plans over the last two months with several reconnaissance mis

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