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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 .
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.
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 ...
Twenty American personnel sustained minor injuries on Oct. 18 when at least two one-way attack drones targeted al-Tanf military base in southern Syria, CENTCOM said. One of the drones was shot down.
Of those, 32 were at al-Tanf garrison in southeastern Syria, with a mix of minor injuries and traumatic brain injuries, and 13 were at al-Asad air base in western Iraq, with four cases of ...
On 29 February 2024, the Syrian Free Army announced the appointment of Salem Turki al-Antri as their new leader, replacing Muhammad Farid al-Qasim. The announcement was made through a statement and photos on the group's official website at the US-operated al-Tanf military base in eastern Homs Governorate.
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 ...