The base was critical because it ensured they would be free from harassment by U.S. There, they established the New Regional Command, a headquarters from which to raise funds, procure weapons, and train personnel for the insurgency in Iraq. At the same time, Iraqi Baathists still loyal to Saddam Hussein fled in the opposite direction, finding safe haven in sparsely populated eastern Syria. forces raced toward Baghdad during March and April 2003, Syrian security personnel waved buses of foreign volunteers across the border into neighboring Iraq to fight the Americans. invasion of Iraq that toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein. Insurgents have been transiting through Syria into Iraq since the launch of the 2003 U.S. In some cases, the regime even provides support.
Yet, the regime turns a blind eye to their presence. Syria-based jihadists continue to wreak havoc in Iraq. had grown frustrated with the policies of the regime in Damascus. Abu Ghadiyah was an Iraqi Sunni from Mosul who, since about 2005, had been moving, arming, and funding foreign jihadists traveling through Syria into Iraq in cooperation with al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Treasury Department in early 2008 as al-Qaeda affiliates. Most of those targeted in the raid were identified by the U.S.
During the ensuing assault, the American soldiers killed Badran Turki al-Mazidih, known by the nom de guerre Abu Ghadiyah, along with several of his top lieutenants. Special Forces launched a cross-border helicopter raid into the eastern Syrian town of Sukkariya.
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