A facility housing U.S. troops in japanese Syria got here beneath assault late Sunday when rockets had been fired from close by areas, an opposition struggle monitor, state media and a spokesman for U.S.-backed fighters stated, although the U.S. army denied there was any assault.
“There is no truth to the reports that U.S. forces in Syria were attacked by rockets today,” tweeted coalition spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto.
Earlier Sunday, Siyamend Ali, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, stated two rockets had been fired at al-Omar area in Syria’s japanese province of Deir el-Zour with out inflicting any casualties. He added that it was not instantly clear the place the rockets had been fired from.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated the rockets had been fired from areas managed by Iran-backed fighters within the space of Mayadeen, additionally in Deir el-Zour.
Syria’s state information company, SANA, additionally reported that al-Omar facility was hit with two rockets.
Later Sunday, the Syrian Democratic Forces denied stories that one other base housing U.S. troops was hit, saying the sounds of explosions on the facility, referred to as Conoco, had been from coaching with stay ammunition.
The alleged rocket assault on al-Omar got here six days after U.S. troops in japanese Syria got here beneath an identical assault. Last week’s assault got here a day after U.S. Air Force planes carried out airstrikes close to the Iraq-Syria border in opposition to what the Pentagon stated had been amenities utilized by Iran-backed militia teams to help drone strikes inside Iraq.
Hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed in northeastern Syria, working with the Syrian Democratic Forces to battle in opposition to the Islamic State group.
Thousands of Iran-backed militiamen from across the Middle East are deployed in numerous elements of Syria, lots of them in areas alongside the border with Iraq.
Iran-backed fighters have joined President Bashar Assad’s forces in Syria’s 10-year battle. Their presence helped tip the steadiness of energy in Assad’s favor.
