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A Small U.S. Base Gets in Iran's Way - But Maybe Not for Long

(Wall Street Journal) Sune Engel Rasmussen and Michael R. Gordon - A small, remote U.S. base in southern Syria has made it more difficult for Iran to project power across the Middle East. More than 200 U.S. troops have been advising local Syrian fighters at the al-Tanf garrison, which they have used to combat Islamic State and which sits astride a potential Iranian supply route through Iraq to Syria. Those U.S. forces will likely be the last to leave Syria, U.S. officials say.

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