On January 28, a drone crashed into a base in Jordan, killing three US soldiers.

Beirut:

Five fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed in a nighttime attack on a U.S. military base in eastern Syria, a war observer said on Monday.

Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the British Syrian Special Forces, said: “After midnight, the US-led coalition was attacked by a drone at the Omar oil field, Syria’s largest base, killing five SDF special forces members. died and about 20 people were injured.” Human Rights Observatory.

Iraq’s Islamic Resistance Movement, a loose alliance of pro-Iranian militants opposed to U.S. support for Israel in Gaza, claimed it had launched a drone strike on Sunday “targeting U.S.-occupied bases in the Omar oil field.”

The Observatory’s Abdel Rahman said the attack, which hit the SDF component inside the base, was “the first attack by a pro-Iran group on a U.S. base, following U.S. attacks in Syria and Iraq late last week.” “.

On January 28, a drone crashed into a base in Jordan, killing three U.S. soldiers and injuring more than 40 others, an attack that Washington blamed on Iranian-backed forces.

In response, the United States launched a series of unilateral attacks on Iran-linked targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday and said it would continue to retaliate.

The Observatory, relying on a network of sources in Syria, said at least 29 pro-Iran militants have been killed in U.S. airstrikes in Syria.

In 2014, a U.S.-led coalition was formed to combat the Islamic State group’s jihadists who had seized large swaths of Iraq and neighboring Syria.

As part of the coalition, approximately 2,500 US troops are deployed in Iraq and approximately 900 US troops are deployed in Syria.

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