US Forces Withdraw from Qasrek Base in Hasaka Countryside
ARK News.. US forces have begun withdrawing from the Qasrek base, located northeast of Hasaka, amid intensified logistical movements observed at the site over the past several hours, according to a Syrian human rights source.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that US forces in western Kurdistan initiated the withdrawal on Saturday, February 21, 2026, redeploying their units toward the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
According to the source, approximately 100 trucks arriving from the Kurdistan Region reached the base and began loading military equipment and vehicles in preparation for evacuating the site.
The source added that around 100 heavy vehicles departed the base as part of a convoy heading toward the Kurdistan Region via the al-Waleed border crossing.
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