This US base in Syria is a huge thorn in Russia and Iran's side — but they can't do much more than complain about it

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October 9, 2018 7:31 PM

Moscow, Tehran, and the Syrian government have repeatedly accused the US of training Islamic State fighters at the al-Tanf garrison without offering any credible evidence. And that seems as if it's all they can do to undermine the US.

Moscow, Tehran, and Damascus have repeatedly accused the US of training Islamic State fighters at the al-Tanf garrison in Syria, but all they've been able to do is complain about it.
In reality, the base disrupts the flow of weapons from Iraq to Syria.
It also has served as a training ground for Syrian rebels fighting the Syrian government — rebels who US analysts say are not terrorists.

Russia and the Syrian government warned the US in early September that they

In fact, the al-Tanf garrison has long drawn the ire of Moscow, Tehran, and Damascus — but all they've been able to do is complain about it.

he US was "

US forces training terrorists at 19 camps inside Syria: Russian expert."

Without any real evidence, US adversaries have lobbed many rhetorical attacks against the US forces accusing them of harboring or training terrorists at al-Tanf.

Damascus and Russian state-owned media even claimed in June that the US was preparing a "false flag" chemical attack "

claim that the US is training ISIS and like-minded groups at al Tanf is certainly absurd," Lamrani said.

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