US forces departed the al-Tanf military base in eastern Syria, relocating troops stationed there to Jordan, two Syrian military sources told Agence-France Presse on Wednesday.
"American forces withdrew entirely from al-Tanf base today," a Syrian military source told Agence France-Presse.
US forces had been removing equipment from the base for the past 15 days, another Syrian military source told the outlet.
The base was used to host the evacuated injured soldiers and personnel following an ISIS attack in December.
US
personnel have also been posted in Jordan for decades, and the forces
departing al-Tanf are likely to join an existing US military base in the
kingdom.
Earlier this month, a Tehran MP threatened US forces in Jordan, calling on Jordanian "fighting brothers" to take control of a US military base in the kingdom.
Mojtaba
Zarei, who has an account in both Farsi and Arabic, posted his call to
action in both languages, noting that the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base was
utilized for operations countering "Iranian missiles and in protecting
Tel Aviv and the Zionist cannibals," during the Israel-Iran war in June.
"It has turned into the most important American base in the world-devouring empire, and a partner of Israel," he claimed.
"Prepare
yourselves to seize it and take American soldiers captive after the
missiles strike this base," he concluded, hinting towards an Iranian
missile strike targeting US military facilities across the Middle East.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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