Michelle ThompsonAccording to local accounts, a lone missile crashed near the US Shaddadi base in southern Hasakah province.
A rocket struck a US outpost in eastern Syria on Monday, according to local reports, but no additional information was released.
A single missile dropped near the US Shaddadi Base in southern Hasakah province, according to a local source who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid repercussions.
The source did not disclose any other details, and the US has yet to issue a statement regarding the latest in a series of attacks on American outposts in Syria and Iraq.
Earlier on Sunday, the US Central Command (CENTOM) claimed that three service members were killed and 28 were injured in an attack on the US military installation in Al-Tanf, near the Jordan-Syria border.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident.
A number of American forces are stationed at Al-Tanf, a base on Syrian territory that is not under regime control and is located near the Syrian, Iraqi, and Jordanian borders.
“While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq,” US President Joe Biden said, according to a CENTOM statement.
However, Iran immediately denied involvement in the incident, and a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman stated that Tehran “does not interfere” in regional parties’ decisions on “how to support the Palestinian nation.”
Since the Israeli army intensified its attacks on the Gaza Strip on October 7, US military bases in Syria and Iraq, particularly Al-Tanf, have been targeted with drones and rockets, as have bases in the Malikiyye district near the Iraqi border, the Shaddadi district in Hasakah province, and the Deir ez-Zor province.
The terrorist group PKK/YPG occupies the lands of Deir ez-Zor east of the Euphrates River, while the Bashar al-Assad administration and Iranian-backed groups control the provincial center and adjacent rural areas.
Iran has consistently demanded that Israel cease its attacks on Gaza.
Iranian-backed militias occasionally launch rocket and drone strikes on US sites along the Euphrates River’s eastern bank.
On October 19, Iranian state TV broadcast a news report outlining how, if Israel’s attacks on Gaza continue, Tehran’s regional allies, known as “resistance forces,” could launch simultaneous attacks using missiles and drones from Hezbollah in the north, militias in Iraq and Syria from the east, and the Houthis in Yemen from the south.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated in an Oct. 17 speech that if Israel’s airstrikes continue, “resistance forces” will take action.
Iran considers Lebanese Hezbollah, militias it supports in Syria and Iraq, and Yemen’s Houthis to be resistance forces.
