The factory had served as a coordination center for the US-led coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
US Army Col. Myles Caggins, a spokesman for the coalition, said the F-15E fighter jet strikes were pre-planned and destroyed ammunition stored at the Lafarge Cement Factory.
On Oct. 16, after all #Coalition personnel and essential tactical equipment departed, two Coalition F-15Es successfully conducted a pre-planned precision airstrike at the Lafarge Cement Factory to destroy an ammunition cache and reduce the facility’s military usefulness.
— OIR Spokesman Col. Myles B. Caggins III (@OIRSpox) October 16, 2019
He added that all coalition personnel and "essential tactical equipment" had left the base before the strike.
Most of the 1,000 US troops in Syria are being withdrawn over the coming days and weeks following Turkey's anti-terrorist operation in northeastern Syria.
Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring, the third in a series of cross-border anti-terror operations in northern Syria targeting terrorists affiliated with Daesh and the PKK's Syrian offshoot the People's Protection Units (YPG), on Oct. 9.
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