Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said the United States did not want to expand the conflict or go to war with Iran after the attack on a US base in northeast Syria. It has been reported TASS.
“If our people are threatened, we will respond accordingly and proportionately,” Ryder said.
Formerly Al Mayadeen TV channel knowledgeableMissile attack on US military base in northeastern Syria. According to the channel, the American base is located near the al-Omar oil field in northeastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province. Numerous rockets were fired at the military base. No data is given on victims or injured persons.
On March 23, an American contractor was killed and five soldiers and another American contractor were injured in a drone attack on the US-led international counter-terrorism coalition base in northeast Syria.
At the behest of US President Joe Biden, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin authorized US Central Command forces to conduct precision air strikes against facilities in eastern Syria used by groups affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.