US-backed Syrian Free Army continues to patrol Tanf area in southern Syria

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US-backed Syrian Free Army continues to patrol Tanf area in southern Syria

The US-trained Syrian Free Army helped clear unexploded ordnance and provided support to local Syrians in continued operations in southern Syria. Based at Tanf near the Jordanian and Iraqi borders, the unit also met with the new Syrian government in Damascus. The Syrian Free Army grew out of the US-backed anti-Islamic State mission and has operated from Tanf for almost a decade in various forms.