"Syrian forces have taken control of the strategic al-Tanf military base near the border with Iraq and Jordan, the Syrian defence ministry has said, amid the withdrawal of a longstanding United States troop presence at the base. The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Syrian Arab Army units had taken control of al-Tanf, securing the base and its surroundings, through coordination between the Syrian and American sides."
"The base was established during Syria's civil war in 2014 as a key hub for operations by the global coalition against ISIL (ISIS), which at the time controlled large areas of Syria and Iraq until the group was vanquished in 2017. The US withdrawal from the base comes months after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former leader of the armed group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, who the US once deemed a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, joined the anti-ISIL coalition in November."
Syrian Arab Army units took control of the al-Tanf military base near the Iraq-Jordan border amid withdrawal of a longstanding United States troop presence. The Syrian defence ministry said the base and its surroundings were secured through coordination between Syrian and American sides. Army units began deploying along the Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian border, with border guards to be deployed in coming days. Al-Tanf was established in 2014 as a hub for the global coalition against ISIL (ISIS). The US withdrawal followed integration of a former Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader into the anti-ISIL coalition and a US-brokered deal to integrate the Kurdish-led SDF into government institutions. Recent Syrian advances in northeast Syria led to clashes with the SDF and a ceasefire.
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