california, nevada and arizona come together on the nap, hence the name, calnevari. now, there's a place that has that same function on the map. all the way around the world in syria as well. it doesn't have the same catchy name. it's a placed call al-tanf. it's inside syria but it is right at the corner where the borders of jordan, iraq and syria come together in a dry angle point. and as such, it's an important spot. it is really remote. it is way out there in the syrian desert but it's close to that three-way border between those three countries and it's also right on the main road that runs from baghdad in iraq to damascus in syria. when isis controlled big swaths of iraq and syria, so much so