Rockets Hit Base Housing U.S. Troops in Eastern Syria

Rockets Hit Base Housing U.S. Troops in Eastern Syria

US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday (Jan. 4) said two rockets were fired at a base in eastern Syria housing US troops earlier in the day and reported there were no casualties in the incident.

The attack took place at Mission Support Site Conoco, a US base next to the Conoco gas fields in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province. As part of its occupation of Syria, the US and Kurdish allies control most of the country’s oil and gas resources.

CENTCOM said that the US-backed Kurdish-led SDF found the site from where the rockets were fired and found a third that was unfired. The command did not attribute blame for the attack.

US bases in Syria frequently come under fire, and while there are rarely casualties, the US presence always risks sparking a wider war. There are currently about 1,000 US troops stationed in the country.

Source:Antiwar.com