“In 2013, when the United States first considered intervening in the Syria war, teams of U.S. Air Force commandos scouted out, across the Middle East, no fewer than 300 potential sites for new bases to support a possible intervention force. Since then, the Pentagon has established or expanded scores of bases in Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, among many other countries.”
Source: Satellites Reveal Secret U.S. Bases Emerging in the Desert