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Peter1469
06-01-2017, 12:44 PM
Iranian backed forces massing near US training base in Syria (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/30/iranian-backed-forces-amassing-near-us-training-ba/)

Shia militias are massing near a US base that sits next to the border with Iraq.


Hundreds of Iranian-backed militiamen, fighting alongside government troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, are amassing near a U.S.-training base located near the country’s border with Iraq, the Defense Department confirmed Tuesday.

Pro-Assad fighters supported by Tehran (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/tehran/) have begun conducting patrols near the southern Syrian town of At Tanf, which is home to a U.S. training camp for moderate Syrian militias battling the Islamic State, said Pentagon (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pentagon/) spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jeff-davis/).


American commanders and their Russian counterparts, deployed to Syria (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/syria/) in support of the Assad regime, have designated At Tanf and the surrounding areas as a deconfliction zone, which bars any interference by any outside forces of coalition operations within the area.

MisterVeritis
06-01-2017, 01:31 PM
Iranian backed forces massing near US training base in Syria (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/30/iranian-backed-forces-amassing-near-us-training-ba/)

Shia militias are massing near a US base that sits next to the border with Iraq.
We call that a target rich environment.