Norwegian
Army enters southern Syria to aid endangered rebels at border
crossing
AMN,
20
May, 2017
DAMASCUS,
SYRIA (17:35 P.M.) – On Saturday, Iraqi military commander Shakir
Abid said a unit of Norwegian special forces had been allowed to
enter Syria through the Al-Waleed border crossing in western Anbar.
The
Norwegian unit arrived at the Al-Tanf region on the Syrian side of
the border, home to US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) that have become
the target of an ongoing
offensive by
the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) along the Damascus-Baghdad highway.
The
Iraqi Army, Iraqi border guards and Iraqi Federal Police notably
provided the Norwegian contingent safe passage to link up with US and
British forces already deployed inside eastern Homs, despite vocal
objections by the government in Damascus.
Shakir
Abid also said the Islamic State was present 50 kilometers north of
the border crossing area and that fighting
continued in
that desert region.
According
to Washington, US-led coalition forces have been active in the
Al-Tanf border region for months alongside vetted FSA fighters
originally from Deir Ezzor province.
With
the SAA and paramilitary contingents advancing ever closer to the
Al-Tanf border crossing as we speak, the United States Air Force
has responded
with force on
two occasions.
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