Al-Tanf offensive (2016)
Part of theAmerican-led intervention in theSyrian Civil War
Date 3[2] – 5 March 2016 (2 days) Location Al-Tanf,Homs Governorate,Syria Result FSA victory Rebels capture the Al-Tanf border post and immediate surroundings
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army Supported by: CJTF–OIR United States CIA[1] Jordan	ISIL
Commanders and leaders
Khazal al-Sarhan (New Syrian Army commander)	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL)
Units involved
Free Syrian Army Authenticity and Development Front Syrian Free Army Southern Front	Military of ISIL
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

TheAl-Tanf offensive was a two-day offensive launched by theFree Syrian Army backed by theU.S.-ledCoalition against theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), aiming to recaptureal-Tanf, Syria. Al-Tanf had been captured by ISIL from theSyrian Government in May 2015 and had been used by ISIL to shift militants and resources across the border.^[3]

On 3 March 2016, Syrian rebels took the offensive to capture al-Tanf, and after several hours of fighting captured the border post.^[4][5]

ISIL counter-attacked several hours later, and recapturing the post.^[6] The fighting continued until the next day, in which the rebels repelled ISIL fighters and recaptured the post.^[7]

• Military operations of the Syrian civil war in 2016
• Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Free Syrian Army
• Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the United States
• Conflicts in 2016
• Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• Homs Governorate in the Syrian civil war
• Battles in 2016

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