TEHRAN (FNA)- The US Army has deployed a sum of 5,000 soldiers in Ein al-Assad base in Anbar province, an Iraqi news website reported on Sunday.

The Arabic-language al-Ma’aloumah quoted Mahmoud Marzi, the commander of the Iraqi popular forces of Hashd al-Shaabi in Anbar, as saying that the total number of the US forces in Ein al-Assad base in the town of al-Baghdadi in Anbar province stands at almost 5,000.

He further told al-Ma’aloumah that the US forces in Ein al-Assad base are equipped with advanced military equipment, including armored vehicles and cannons, underlining that the US soldiers in Ein al-Assad are combat forces not military advisors.

It went on to say that the American troops that have withdrawn from Syria have been deployed in US-run bases in Erbil province in Northern Iraq, adding that other US bases in Anbar, Salahuddin, Nineveh and Erbil provinces are also military troopers and not advisors.

Meantime, a security source in Anbar province reported that a sum of 40 truckloads of garbage are unloaded from Ein al-Assad base each day, “proving that Ein al-Assad is home to a large number of US forces”.

A member of Anbar’s provisional council said on Wednesday that the US Army established two new military facilities in uninhabited parts of Anbar province, Farhan al-Duleimi.

The first base was established in the Northern Rumana sub-district of al-Qaim district, in the vicinity of the Syrian border, some 360 kilometers West of the provincial capital Ramadi.

The second base was set up East of the city of al-Rutbah, about 310 kilometers West of Ramadi and less than 100 kilometers from the Syrian border, al-Duleimi told Anadolu.

“Scores of US soldiers are currently stationed at the two bases, along with drones and other equipment,” added al-Duleimi, yet without providing any additional evidence.

Both the central government in Baghdad and Washington have yet to comment on al-Duleimi’s statement. If confirmed, that would bring the total number of bases in Anbar province to four.