The American air defense system (AD) shot down two of the three drones that attacked the US base in eastern Syria. This was reported by the TV channel. Al Jazeeraciting an anonymous American source.
US air defense shot down two of the three UAVs that attacked one of our facilities in eastern Syria.
Formerly Al-Mayadeen TV channel knowledgeableHe said that two US military bases in the Omar and Koniko fields in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province were hit by rockets on the evening of March 24.
According to the channel’s sources, eight missiles were fired at Koniko, which fell on and near this base.
Before that, the Pentagon carried out air strikes It’s about facilities in Syria linked to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to Washington.
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 counterterrorism 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.