US officials say humanitarian effort in Syria is another means to counter ISIS

US officials insist the humanitarian effort is not "mission creep," as a result of the main target is to present another means to counter ISIS. But it is a step past the preliminary troop deployment by former US President Donald Trump, aimed toward his aim of seizing oil area income in the area.

The US particular operations personnel participated in two medical visits in Deir Ezzor in northeast Syria in November, in accordance to Major Charles An, a spokesperson for the Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant which offers the US troops.The space has seen intensive preventing in latest years. The troops examined and handled nearly 200 sufferers at hospital areas and helped distribute medical provides, in accordance to An.Local residents had been touring a number of hours to the closest well being care suppliers as a result of Deir Ezzor largely solely had first support companies after years of battle.So far there have been seven medical visits in the final yr together with the 2 from final month, in accordance to An.While US particular operations forces have lengthy finished humanitarian aid missions in battle zones and underserved communities, the efforts in Syria come because the Pentagon has been rethinking using forces in the wake of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.This summer season all particular operations actions in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt had been consolidated beneath a renamed headquarters now referred to as Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant. The renaming is an effort to acknowledge terrorist and violent extremist organizations are working throughout broad areas which require a more regional strategy in accordance to Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler, spokesperson for US Special Operations Command Central.