ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Thursday that rockets targeted a military base housing US-led coalition troops in Syria’s eastern province of Deir ez-Zor without causing casualties.
“On the evening of Nov. 17, 2022, at approximately 9:32pm local time in Syria, rockets targeted coalition forces at the Green Village base in northeast Syria,” CENTCOM said, adding that the attack resulted in no casualties or material damages.
The Green Village military installation is located in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, within areas controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) north of the Euphrates River.
“Attacks of this kind place coalition forces and the civilian populace at risk and undermine the hard-earned stability and security of Syria and the region,” CENTCOM spokesperson Joe Buccino stated.
There have been at least 21 rocket and drone attacks against sites housing American troops in Iraq and Syria this year, according to data compiled by Rudaw English. Suck attacks are often attributed to Iran-backed militias and factions, but have never been claimed.
Earlier in November, at least 15 pro-Iran fighters were killed in Deir ez-Zor on a strike targeting their convoy along the Iraqi-Syrian border, but the US denied any involvement in the strike.
CENTCOM in August announced the killing of four suspected Iran-backed militants in northeast Syria in response to an attack a day prior that targeted US facilities, including the Green Village military base.
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