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"US-Led Military Base in Syria Hit by Rockets Fired From Iraq"
Story by Sherif Tarek
22 APRIL 2024
(Bloomberg) -- A military base in Syria belonging to a US-led coalition came under rocket-fire late on Sunday, the government-affiliated Iraqi Security Media Cell said in a statement.
At least one rocket landed at the base, said Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in an interview with Al-Arabiya.
It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any casualties.
US Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, is yet to comment.
The attacks are the first against US bases in the region since early February, when Washington struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
That was in response for a drone assault that killed three American soldiers in Jordan and was blamed by the US on an umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
Iran backs a number of anti-US and anti-Israel militias in Iraq and Syria and they ramped up attacks on American bases after the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
Iraqi forces are conducting a search operation west of Nineveh, near the Syrian border, to try to capture the perpetrators of the latest attack, according to Iraqi Security Media Cell.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq didn’t explicitly claim responsibility for the strike, but in a statement on Telegram the militant group said it decided to resume military operations against American troops after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visited the White House and met President Joe Biden this month.
The group gave Al-Sudani three months to negotiate the departure of the roughly 2,000 US forces in Iraq.
“What happened a short while ago is the beginning that must be escalated,” according to the group’s statement.
The attack followed an explosion on a base in Iraq this weekend controlled by the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, killing one person and injuring eight, the Associated Press reported.
The US said it wasn’t behind that incident.
--With assistance from Kateryna Kadabashy.
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"US military base in Syria under missile and drone attack with fears of casualties"
Story by Sean McPolin
22 APRIL 2024
At least five rockets have been launched from Iraq towards a US Base in Syria, with explosions heard in the area and fears of casualties.
Sources in the area have described how explosions were heard in the vicinity of the American military base in Al-Omar field, which is east of Deir Ezzor.
It comes after tension last week between Iran and Israel which saw the former send a "retaliation" attack of drones and missiles late at night.
Sama TV journalist Mohammed Dabaa took to X, formerly Twitter, to say: "Local sources confirm that there were direct casualties in the vehicle hangars within the American occupation base in Kharab al-Jir, after they were targeted by 5 projectiles, including missiles and a drone, amid an American security alert in the base and its surroundings."
It's also believed a second missile attack has occurred in Deir Ez-Sor, with the Syrian Democratic Forces, near the Al-Omar oil field in Khadra, East Deir Ez-Zor, being the main target.
Footage has been circulated on Telegram of the attack targeting the Kharab al-Jir base in the Hasakah countryside from the Iraqi territory.
It is the first attack against US forces since February when troops were being attacked by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq.
It comes on the day Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from the United States where he met President Joe Biden at the White House, the Sun reports.
Security sources evaluating the situation have detailed how a rocket launched was found on the back of a small truck and parked up in Zummar, a town which borders Syria.
The military official said the truck caught fire with an explosion from unfired rockets at the same time missiles and drones were sent into the sky.
Following this an Iraqi Security Media Cell confirmed a car where "several missiles were launched from" had been found.
An attack comes days after a military base in Iraq, which was holding a pro-Iranian militia, was damaged in an explosion and killed one person and wounded eight others.
Iraq's military reported no drones or fighter jets in the area before or during the blast.
However, the militia organization involved, the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), was blamed for the attack which came after heightened tensions between Israel and Iran.
The PMF is an umbrella organization that contains several militias which are part of the network of proxies that Tehran has been able to use to advance its interests across the Middle East for years.
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"US military base in Syria under missile and drone attack with fears of casualties"
Story by Sean McPolin
22 APRIL 2024
At least five rockets have been launched from Iraq towards a US Base in Syria, with explosions heard in the area and fears of casualties.
Sources in the area have described how explosions were heard in the vicinity of the American military base in Al-Omar field, which is east of Deir Ezzor.
It comes after tension last week between Iran and Israel which saw the former send a "retaliation" attack of drones and missiles late at night.
Sama TV journalist Mohammed Dabaa took to X, formerly Twitter, to say: "Local sources confirm that there were direct casualties in the vehicle hangars within the American occupation base in Kharab al-Jir, after they were targeted by 5 projectiles, including missiles and a drone, amid an American security alert in the base and its surroundings."
It's also believed a second missile attack has occurred in Deir Ez-Sor, with the Syrian Democratic Forces, near the Al-Omar oil field in Khadra, East Deir Ez-Zor, being the main target.
Footage has been circulated on Telegram of the attack targeting the Kharab al-Jir base in the Hasakah countryside from the Iraqi territory.
It is the first attack against US forces since February when troops were being attacked by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq.
It comes on the day Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from the United States where he met President Joe Biden at the White House, the Sun reports.
Security sources evaluating the situation have detailed how a rocket launched was found on the back of a small truck and parked up in Zummar, a town which borders Syria.
The military official said the truck caught fire with an explosion from unfired rockets at the same time missiles and drones were sent into the sky.
Following this an Iraqi Security Media Cell confirmed a car where "several missiles were launched from" had been found.
An attack comes days after a military base in Iraq, which was holding a pro-Iranian militia, was damaged in an explosion and killed one person and wounded eight others.
Iraq's military reported no drones or fighter jets in the area before or during the blast.
However, the militia organization involved, the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), was blamed for the attack which came after heightened tensions between Israel and Iran.
The PMF is an umbrella organization that contains several militias which are part of the network of proxies that Tehran has been able to use to advance its interests across the Middle East for years.
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