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*** 5-Jun-17 World View -- US and Iran-backed troops head for confrontation at al-Tanf on Iraq-Syria border

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  • US and Iran-backed troops head for confrontation at al-Tanf on Iraq-Syria border
  • Iran-backed forces massing near the al-Tanf American base

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**** US and Iran-backed troops head for confrontation at al-Tanf on Iraq-Syria border
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[Image: g170518b.jpg]
Al-Tanf is on the Syrian side of Iraq's al-Waleed border crossing, and is on the strategic Route 1 highway between Baghdad and Damascus

The United States military is increasing its "combat power" in
southern Syria around the American military training camp in al-Tanf,
a Syrian town on the border with Iraq, on the Syrian side of Iraq's
al-Waleed border crossing. The military buildup is in response to the
approach of Iran-backed Shia forces from Iraq and the Syrian regime.
Some unconfirmed reports indicate that the Shia forces are backed by
Russian paratroopers.

Col. Ryan Dillon, a US military spokesman said:

> [indent]<QUOTE>"We have increased our presence and our footprint and
> prepared for any threat that is presented by the pro-regime
> forces."<END QUOTE>
[/indent]

Dillon said of the Iranian-backed forces being massed, "We see that as
a threat." There are 150 US troops in the al-Tanf base.

There's already been one deadly confrontation, as we reported two weeks ago.
A pro-Syrian
regime convoy was headed in the direction of the al-Tanf camp. US
warplanes were scrambled in a "show of force" to dissuade the convoy
from proceeding further. That show of force was only partially
successful, as five of the vehicles continued approaching the base.
In response, American warplanes launched a series of airstrikes
against the military convoy, destroying all the vehicles. It's not
known whether there were any casualties.

It's believed that the militia forces in the convoy were not from the
regular Syrian army, but were Shia militias coming either directly
from Iraq or from Iran or from Iran's puppet Hezbollah militia in
Lebanon.

This is the situation that the US military is confronting. Al-Tanf is
on the strategically important Route 1 highway that connects Baghdad
to Damascus. Iran's objective is for Shia forces from Iran, Iraq,
Lebanon and the Syrian regime to control the entire length of Route 1,
so that Iran can easily supply weapons and transfer militias to the
Syrian regime and to Hezbollah in Lebanon. The US administration
under President Trump is opposed to allowing Iran to expand its
military presence in this way.

Al-Tanf is in a "deconfliction area," as specified by agreements
reached among Russia, Iran and Turkey in peace talks held recently in
Astana, Kazakhstan. The Iran-backed forces headed for al-Tanf are
actually in violation of the of the Astana agreement that Iran
signed. Reuters and Al Monitor and ARA News (Syria Kurds) and Ahlul Bayt (Iran)

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**** Iran-backed forces massing near the al-Tanf American base
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The US Defense Department confirmed last week that hundreds of
Iranian-backed Shia militiamen, including troops of Syrian regime
president Bashar al-Assad, are massing near the American training base
near al-Tanf.

In response, US planes over the weekend dropped 90,000 leaflets on the
Iranian-backed militias:

[Image: g170604c.jpg]
The text reads: 1. Any movement toward al-Tanf will be seen as hostile intent and we will defend our forces. Return to Zaza Checkpoint. 2. You are within an established deconfliction zone, leave the area immediately. Return to Zaza Checkpoint

So far, these and other warnings have been ignored. The US military
believes that Iran's Quds Force plans to take control of large regions
of Syria now controlled by the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or
ISIL or Daesh), once ISIS is defeated in its two remaining
strongholds, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria.

However, the US military consider the Iranian militias to be a threat
to American forces. According to Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff
Davis:

> [indent]<QUOTE>"We continue to see massing [of forces] and we are
> concerned about that. These patrols are unacceptable and threaten
> coalition forces."<END QUOTE>
[/indent]

He added that American forces are not looking for a conflict, but that
they would defend themselves. Kurdistan 24 and Asharq Al-Awsat (28-May) and Al-Alam (Iran)


KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Syria, Bashar al-Assad, al-Tanf,
al-Waleed, Iraq, Iran, Hezbollah, Russia,
Ryan Dillon, Jeff Davis,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh

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