The only US base in Syria exterior of Kurdish-held territory has come underneath assault by drones in a “deliberate and coordinated assault”, US Central Command mentioned right this moment.
The assault final night time struck the Al-Tanf base, the place US troopers are stationed close to the strategically positioned freeway in southern Syria close to the Jordan border.
A US official informed AFP that an assault had taken place however mentioned that “We all know of no casualties”. An announcement launched by Central Command mentioned that it’s at the moment investigating the incident and acknowledged that it’ll “defend itself” at “any time and place” of its selecting.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – citing native witnesses – reported that a number of blasts had been heard from the bottom. “Explosions resounded from the al-Tanf base utilized by the US-led coalition” preventing Daesh, the monitor mentioned.
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A supply additionally informed the Al-Mayadeen information web site that the world noticed drones at the side of missile bombing including that in a state of confusion the bottom underwent a redeployment among the many members of the worldwide coalition fearing a brand new wave of bombing.
The bottom was established in 2016 by the US-led coalition as a part of its conflict towards Daesh and is believed to have included the presence of British SAS forces. It has additionally been used to coach US-backed and vetted armed opposition teams such because the Maghawir Al-Thawra (MaT).
Though nobody has claimed duty for final night time’s assault, final week pro-Iranian militias in Syria vowed a “very harsh” response to an Israeli strike towards their services within the Palmyra space within the jap countryside of Homs. The Syrian defence ministry described the goal as “a communications tower and a few of its surrounding areas”, including that one soldier was killed and three wounded from Israeli missiles that flew over Jordanian airspace from the route of the US base in Al-Tanf, suggesting it was a joint-operation.
