Members of the 5th Special Forces Group conducting weapons training during counter-ISIS operations at the al-Tanf garrison in southern Syria. US Marine Corps
Daniel Brown, Business Insider: A 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
* 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 planned to carry out counterterrorism operations near a key US garrison in southeastern Syria known as al-Tanf, where several hundred Marines have been stationed since at least 2016.
But the US responded with a live-fire exercise, and the Russians backed down.
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.
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WNU editor: The U.S. will eventually leave .... but now.
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US has taken the strategic points: oil and road. That's a big leverage for negotiation and it will not been abandoned for nothing.
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According to the announcement on Wednesday, is the highest annual total for military sales to foreign governments since 2012 when the US conducted upwards of $69 billion in arms deals with allies and partners around the world, reports CNN.
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