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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. The garrison is located along a ...
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. 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."
Military 0 1 16 825 Squadron MiG-21Bis 826 Squadron Al-Nasiriyah Military Airbase: Al-Nasiriyah, Jayroud Subdistrict, al-Qutayfah District, Rif Dimashq Governorate Damascus: Military 0 1 20 695 Squadron MiG-23BN/UB 698 Squadron MiG-23BN/UB
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
Control of many U.S.-operated bases was transferred to the Iraqi government during the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal. At the request of the Iraqi government in January 2024, [3] and amid rising regional tensions following the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza, the US and Iraq are set to begin negotiations to end US military presence in Iraq. [4]
The United States military attempted to defend the base with Patriot missiles. More than 15 MIM-104 Patriot missiles were launched to defend the base. [48] On August 5, 2024, a missile attack targeted the Al-Asad airbase in western Iraq, resulting in injuries to at least five US servicemembers and two contractors. [49]
Timothy Nerozzi, Liz Friden. August 14, 2024 at 10:27 AM. A rocket was fired at a U.S. military base in Syria this week in an unsuccessful attack, Fox News Digital has learned. A small explosion ...
Battle of Khasham. / 35.33611°N 40.30944°E / 35.33611; 40.30944. The Battle of Khasham, also known as the Battle of Conoco Fields, was a military engagement of the Syrian civil war fought on 7 February 2018 near the towns of Khasham and Al Tabiyeh in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. The Operation Inherent Resolve coalition ...