The U.S. military has completed its withdrawal from al-Tanf Garrison in southern Syria, handing over control to government forces.

Will a reduction in US forces in the area lead to a power vacuum? Is the new Syrian army prepared to assume the security responsibilities necessary in the desert area where Tanf is located?

A Syrian Free Army source confirmed to Newsweek U.S. forces had left Al-Tanf, handing control to the Syrian Army's 54th Division.

United States troops withdrew from a key military base in southeastern Syria as the Syrian army took control, shedding the U.S. presence in the country deployed to fight against ISIS. Through coordination between Syrian and U.

Quoting the Defense Ministry, Syria’s state news agency SANA reported on Sunday that the army took over Shaddadi military base with coordination with

The military base at Al-Tanf had hosted U.S. troops fighting against the Islamic State since 2016. Some of the troops are expected to be repositioned at a Jordanian military base across the border.

Initially established as an outpost for US special operators to disrupt the Islamic State's control of the Syria-Iraq border, the base evolved into a key node for the Pentagon's efforts to monitor Iran's expanding military activity in the Levant.

Syrian Arab Army takes over Al-Shadadi in northeast of country, close to Jordan-Iraq border; site formerly housed prison where Kurdish forces held Islamic State members

Syria’s defence ministry says its forces have taken control of the strategic base amid coordination with the US.