Syrian military, US-backed rebels enter talks to return Tanf region to gov't

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 P.M.) - The Syrian military and US-backed rebels have begun talks to return the Tanf region in southern Syria to the government, a source in Damascus told Al-Masdar News this morning.

According to the source, a Syrian government delegation met with the US-backed Jaysh Mughawir Al-Thorah group and the tribes at the Rukban camp began talks to reconcile with Damascus and to handover the Tanf region.

The source said that the preliminary reports following the talks claimed that the US-backed rebels agreed to full reconciliation terms; however, nothing is official as of yet.

The reconciliation terms offered to the US-backed rebels included handing over their heavy weapons and withdrawing from the Tanf zone.

The US military is currently deployed in the Tanf zone that is located in the southeastern countryside of the Homs Governorate near the Iraqi border.

It is not clear whether or not the US military will leave the Tanf zone once a reconciliation agreement is put in place; they could choose to keep their forces in the region to combat the Iranian presence.

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