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Al-Tanf. Al-Tanf (Arabic: التَّنْف) is a U.S. military base in an American occupied part of the Homs Governorate, Syria. It is located 24km (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.
Mezzeh Air Base (also spelled Mazzeh) is a Syrian Air Force air base located in Mezzeh, Damascus, Syria, south-west of the old centre of Damascus.It has one runway of 8258 ft length, at elevation 2407 ft. [1] In mid-2013 the airbase was described by the BBC as "an important strategic installation [which] plays a significant role in distributing the government's military supplies."
Mezzeh Military Airport: Mezzeh: Damascus: Military 12 1 22 976 Squadron SA-324-L 977 Squadron SA-324-L: Menagh Military Airbase: Menagh, Azaz Subdistrict, Azaz District Aleppo: Military Flight Training School 8 2 0 4 Squadron Mi-8 Hip C, MBB 223 Flamingo
Camps. 1/4 TF Highlander in '07 w/1st LAR, 3/4 in '06/'07, and many others over years. Large SVBIED at TCP Alpha 20070507. Mosul Air Base. Used by Romanian troops. [1] All UN sanctioned weapons were destroyed and FOB was transitioned to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in 2009.
On 3 November 2019 US and coalition forces departed their strategic military base near the town of Sarrin. US forces removed all their equipment and were seen leaving the base in a convoy of tens of trucks. The base was one of the largest US bases in Syria, a logistics hub that assisted in the anti-ISIL intervention. [324]
6 soldiers and 3 civilians injured (Syrian government claim) [ 4 ] On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time (UTC+3), [ 5 ] the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes involving aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria during the Syrian Civil War. [ 6 ][ 7 ...
2021 Al-Tanf drone attack. 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 ...
4th Armoured Division (Syria) Divisional tactical color marking. The 4th Armoured Division (Arabic: الفرقة الرابعة, romanized: al-Firqa ar-Rābiʿah) is an elite formation of the Syrian Army whose primary purpose is to defend the Syrian government from internal and external threats. The division is considered one of the most combat ...