Explosions Rock Near US Base in Eastern Syria

On Thursday night, explosions were heard in the vicinity of a U.S. military base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour.

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Citing local sources, news agency SANA reported that the blast was in a U.S. base in the Koniko natural gas field, without further details.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said pro-Iran militia launched a drone attack on a U.S. military base on Wednesday, which comes amid growing tension between Iranian-backed fighters and the U.S. forces.

Believing the U.S. to be complicit in the Israeli military campaign against Gaza, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq deployed two weaponized drones from Syria and one from Iraq to target the U.S. base in the al-Tanf area in Homs Province.

“The Iraqi Resistance has claimed responsibility for targeting the U.S. occupation forces in the al-Tanf base on the Syrian-Iraqi border and the Conoco gas field northeast of Deir Al-Zawr. The Iraqi Resistance announced that it had utilized three drones to target the al-Tanf base on Thursday morning,” Ilkha outlet reported.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory also said the U.S. forces intercepted two drones while the third inflicted some damage on the base, though no casualties were reported.

The Iranian-backed fighters are carrying out these attacks under the banner of “Revenge for Gaza,” with U.S. bases in the area remaining on high alert in anticipation of further assaults.

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