Several US forces suffered injuries in attack on Syria base: Report

An unknown US official has revealed that several American and coalition forces were wounded in a drone attack on their base in Syria on Friday, the third major attack against the US occupation troops in recent days.

None of the injuries were serious but some personnel were also being examined for “traumatic brain injuries,” the unnamed official was quoted as saying by Reuters on Saturday.

Several troops were moved to a different location for further evaluation, the official added.

Reuters also cited the US military as saying that assessments showed no casualties in the drone attack but a more in-depth review “found that some personnel had minor injuries including smoke inhalation and moved some to a different location.”

No groups or individuals have so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television reported on Saturday that US occupation forces in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah had come under a drone attack from nearby areas.

The report said ‏several explosions were heard inside the US-controlled Kharab al-Jir Air Base after an explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicle struck the site.

In another attack on Monday, a rocket strike wounded five US personnel at Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar.

Rocket attack hits US-occupied base in Iraq; several American personnel injured

A rocket attack targets the US-occupied Ain al-Assad Airbase in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, injuring several American personnel members.

The Iraqi resistance forces have conducted dozens of strikes on the US-run military installations in both Iraq and Syria amid growing anti-US sentiments in the region over Washington’s support for Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza, which has so far killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

There are nearly 2,500 American troops in Iraq and some 900 in Syria as part of, what Washington claims to be, a fighting force against Daesh.

The US has maintained its presence, although, the Arab countries and their allies defeated the Takfiri terrorist group in late 2017.

In 2020, the Iraqi parliament voted for the expulsion of US forces.

The vote came after Iran’s top anti-terror commander martyr General Qassem Soleimani and deputy PMU commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis had been assassinated in a cowardly drone strike ordered by then US president Donald Trump outside of the Baghdad airport.

On January 8, 2020, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted the US-run Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq after launching a wave of attacks to retaliate the assassination of the two top anti-terror commanders.

According to the Pentagon, more than 100 American forces suffered “traumatic brain injuries” during the counterstrike on the base.

The IRGC, however, said Washington used the term to mask the number of Americans who perished during the reprisal.

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