'''Al-Tanf''' is a desert border crossing checkpoint that sits between [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]] and is a [[US airbase]].
'''Al-Tanf''' is a desert border crossing checkpoint that sits between [[Syria]] and [[Jordan]] and is a [[US airbase]].
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The airstrip itself is on the Jordan side, while virtually all the people who work there live on the Syrian side of the village outpost as uninvited guests.
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The airstrip itself is on the Jordan side, while virtually all the people who work there live on the Syrian side of the village outpost as uninvited guests. The site was chosen during the [[Arab Spring]] as an ideal location for [[weapon]]s smuggling from [[American]] bases throughout the [[Middle East]] and [[Persian Gulf]] into Syria to de-stabilize the Syrian government.