Nasser Kandil wrote: Al-Tanf raid

The Saudi media tried to talk about the US raid on allied forces that progressed towards the Syrian-Iraqi borders.
The US statement says that the concerned force is limited and it cannot be seen that it is a part of an attack.
The Americans say that the advancing force has reached an area near Al Tanf base which is run by the Americans, and it is a part of the non-friction areas agreed with Russia.
The Americans announce that they did not launch a raid but a warning shooting to prevent the force from reaching to their sites, so it stopped progressing.
The Americans announce that they were obliged to do so, after they notified Moscow and asked for the withdrawal of the force but it did not respond.
The military analyze that what has happened was a survey by fire and drawing lines of deployment in Badia, since Al Tanf is not a goal but a known US presence site, and the limits of being away from it was vague and must be demarcated, so it seems that this was the mission of the advancing force which refused to retreat.
It was not an attack since it was with less than a hundred fighters and with limited number of vehicles and without air fiery or missile or artillery cover.
The US statement reveals a lot, and the force has stationed in its place.