Al-Tanf offensive (2016)

The Al-Tanf offensive (2016) was an offensive launched by the Free Syrian Army backed by the US against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), with goal capturing the Syrian boder city Al-Tanf. The city Al-Tanf was captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from the Syrian government in May 2015. On 4 March, the offensive to Liberation of the city was started. After severale hours fighting captured the Syrian rebels the city. Also after severale hours fighting recaptured ISIL the city in a counter-attack. However the fightings still remain until the day after. On 5 March, ISIL retreated from the city and it become the main Headquarter of the rebels in the region.