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The Al Waleed border crossing, known in Syria as al-Tanf, is located in the Ar-Rutba District of the Al Anbar Governorate, close to the westernmost point of Iraq and the northeasternmost point of Jordan, in the desert Badia region. It serves as the main border checkpoint on the highway between Damascus and Baghdad.
In May 2015, Islamic State (IS) militants captured the border checkpoint at Al-Tanf, thus obtaining control over the full length of the Iraq–Syria border.The U.S.-backed New Syrian Army rebel faction recaptured the Al-Tanf post on the Syrian side of the border in early March 2016, and the Al-Waleed border crossing on the Iraqi side of the border was recaptured by pro-government Iraqi tribal ...
On 6 December 2024, the United States-backed Syrian Free Army, with support from Suqour al-Sham, launched an offensive from the Al-Tanf "deconfliction zone" on the ancient city of Palmyra in the eastern area of the Homs Governorate. The United States reportedly gave logistical support to the opposition group forces. [1]
In just two weeks, Syrian rebels have swept from their enclave in the north west to capture a string of major cities, before reaching the capital Damascus and toppling President Bashar al-Assad 13 ...
The U.S. army provided training to the FSA factions at al-Tanf to help them fight the Islamic State. [1] Maghaweir al-Thawra changed its name to become the Syrian Free Army following mergers with other FSA units and changes to its leadership after allegations of corruption surfaced against a high-level commander in the unit. Following this, the ...
Timmerman, 29, who disappeared into Syria's notorious prison system about seven months ago, was taken to the Al Tanf U.S. military base and then flown out of Syria via helicopter and handed over ...
The U.S. has roughly 900 troops in Syria, in small bases like al Omar Oil field and al-Shaddadi mostly in the northeast of the country. There is a small outpost near the county's border with Iraq ...
Map of airports in Syria. This is a list of airports in Syria, a country in Western Asia. Syria borders Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.