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Al-Tanf (Arabic: التَّنْف) is a U.S. military base in a part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria, which is controlled by the Syrian Free Army. [3] It is located 24 km (15 mi) west of the al-Walid border crossing in the Syrian Desert. The surrounding deconfliction zone is located along the Iraq–Syria border and the Jordan–Syria border.
US troops at al-Tanf in Syria have been fighting ISIS since 2016, but the base has become a focal point for a bigger, quieter conflict in the region.
On the same day, al-Tanf garrison in Syria was attacked by a one-way attack drone which was intercepted. [101] In response to the attacks, the SDF launched the Deir ez-Zor offensive in retaliation. The offensive killed 12 Syrians and 2 Iranian militiamen.
A military base in southern Syria where U.S. troops have maintained a presence to train forces as part of a broad campaign against the Islamic State group was attacked by drones on Thursday, two U ...
Two U.S. officials told The Associated Press that the al-Tanf garrison, where U.S. troops have maintained a presence to train forces as part of a broad campaign against the Islamic State group ...
On 20 October 2021, multiple projectiles struck the Al-Tanf U.S. military base in Syrian opposition controlled territory, where members of the CJTF-OIR were training a Free Syrian Army unit known as Maghaweir al-Thowra. Although no injuries were sustained, the attack was unusually heavy—seemingly a mix of drone and rocket systems, with as ...
There is a small outpost near the county's border with Iraq and Jordan, known as the Al Tanf garrison. There are 2,500 personnel in Iraq, spread around facilities like Union III and Ain al-Asad ...
On 18 October 2023, a drone strike by an Iranian proxy on the al-Tanf garrison resulted in over 20 injuries. [59] On 1 November, a minor drone strike was reported at the al-Tanf garrison. [ 60 ]