\n Syria’s new government has expanded its control to parts of the country’s northeast previously controlled by US-allied Kurdish forces [Nabieha Altaha\/Anadolu via Getty Images]<\/p>\n
Syria<\/a> said Saturday that its army had taken control of a military base in the country’s northeast after forces from a US-led international coalition against the Islamic State<\/a> group withdrew.<\/p>\n In recent months, Syria’s new government has expanded its control to parts of the country’s northeast previously controlled by US-allied Kurdish<\/a> forces.<\/p>\n It has also formally joined the anti-IS coalition, while American forces have pulled out of several bases in the country.<\/p>\n The Syrian army has “taken over the Rmeilan base in Hasakeh province after the withdrawal of forces from the international coalition”, state television quoted a Syrian defence ministry official as saying.<\/p>\n In recent months, American forces have withdrawn from the Al-Tanf base in the southeast and Shadadi<\/a> in the northeast, and had begun withdrawing from the Qasrak base, also in Hasakeh province.<\/p>\n Syria’s Kurds lost swathes of territory to government forces earlier this year following clashes between the sides who then agreed a deal on gradually integrating Kurdish military and civilian institutions into the state.<\/p>\n