Syria conflict: 'US expanding air strip' in Kurdish north

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Satellite images appearing to show the US expanding a formerly disused air strip in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria have been seen by the BBC.

The image, from the security analysts Stratfor, shows a runway near the town of Rmeilan being extended from 700m (half a mile) to 1.3km.

That would be long enough to land a Hercules aircraft.

BBC Arabic security correspondent Murad Shishani says it could be a new US move against the so-called Islamic State.