A video shows the inside of a US military camp in Syria shortly after it was abandoned and overtaken by Russian mercenaries.

US forces left the base in Manbij early Tuesday following President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops from a coalition with the Syrian Democratic Forces.

The video, taken by Oleg Blokhin, a Russian war correspondent, shows the camp deserted but equipped with shelters, radio masts, and camouflage netting.

Turkish forces marched into Syria last Wednesday, displacing thousands of Kurdish people and leaving the SDF to ally with Russian mercenaries and the Syrian government.

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A video shows the inside of a US military camp overtaken by Russian mercenaries working with Syrian forces, shortly after American troops abandoned it.

US forces left the Manbij camp in northern Syria early Tuesday following an October 6 directive from President Donald Trump to leave a coalition with the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the terrorist group ISIS. A spokesman for the US operation confirmed the departure on Tuesday.

The US's decision to pull out gave Turkish forces the green light to invade Syria on Wednesday and drive out the SDF, which contains Kurdish fighters. Turkey considers the Kurds terrorists and has long vowed to destroy them. Over the weekend, the SDF allied with Syrian President Bashar Assad's government to fight the Turkish offensive.

Here's a video of the abandoned camp:

The man in the video was identified by the Times of London reporter Tom Parfitt as Oleg Blokhin, a Russian war correspondent known to be following the Wagner Group, a Russian private military organization that supports Syrian military operations, in northeastern Syria.

US troops formerly based at the camp willingly left it to Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, an SDF official near Manbij told Business Insider's Mitch Prothero.

The broader Manbij area is under the control of Assad's troops, who await an assault from Turkish troops from the north.

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The video was first posted on Twitter by a defense blogger known as MrRevinsky. The SDF official confirmed its accuracy to Business Insider.

A second video posted by MrRevinsky appeared to show Blokhin raising and lowering a mechanical checkpoint barrier at the camp.

Trump's withdrawal of troops from Syria, and Turkey's subsequent incursion, has unleashed chaos in the region and displaced thousands of Kurds. Dozens of "high value" ISIS prisoners have escaped from detention, something that experts say could help the terrorist organization regroup.