In October 2024, U.S. officers in Al-Tanf placed the Abu Khatab Brigade and other rebel units under the joint command of the RCA as the Syrian Free Army (SFA). The number of fighters then grew from 800 to up to 3,000.

The Al-Tanf offensive was a two-day offensive launched by the Free Syrian Army backed by the U.S. -led Coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), aiming to recapture al-Tanf, Syria.

It has been hosted at the US military base at al-Tanf. Founded as an expansion of the Authenticity and Development Front by Syrian Arab Army defectors and other rebels during the Syrian civil war on 20 May 2015, the New Syrian Army sought to …

2024年12月11日 · After Syrian opposition forces led an offensive that rapidly swept through Syria's major cities in a matter of weeks and ultimately led to the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government, US President Joe...

2017年12月14日 · Located in Syria on the Iraqi border and within miles of the Jordanian border, the U.S. garrison at al-Tanf has, since 2016, served as a launching point for counter-ISIS operations and training for Syrian opposition factions fighting the jihadist group.

2025年1月2日 · TTHE SFA is made up of Syrian rebels who opposed the Syrian regime. These are Arab opposition forces, and the men mostly come from the Homs province in Syria and other areas near Damascus and...

2024年12月7日 · The formerly reconciled Syrian rebels of the Southern Operations area have retaken Dara’a province six years after they lost it in 2018. The rebels at Tanf have moved toward Palmyra and...

2017年5月26日 · Al-Tanf rebels have become a threat to Damascus, advancing a few tens of kilometers from rebel areas that the regime took several years to encircle. They are also poised to hinder the regime's return to the Euphrates Valley.

2024年12月9日 · Meanwhile, government troops almost completely withdrew from Palmyra, in the desert of eastern Homs province, as the US-backed rebels stationed in the Tanf “deconfliction zone” launched an offensive towards the town, clashing with government forces south of it. The rebels also seized Ithriya, on the Hama-Raqqah road.

2024年12月14日 · American forces at Tanf have frequently clashed with adversaries, primarily Iranian-affiliated groups, pressing against the U.S.-established 30-mile exclusion zone.