US helicopters strike several targets used by Iran-backed militants to fire rockets wounding American troops in northeastern Syria, American military says
Three US soldiers sustained"minor injuries" after several rockets hit both Conoco and Green Village bases in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor city.
"US forces responded today to rocket attacks at two sites in Syria, destroying three vehicles and equipment used to launch some of the rockets," Centcom, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, said in a statement on Wednesday.Three US service members sustained "minor injuries" when several rockets hit both the Conoco and Green Village bases in Deir Ezzor, a strategic, oil-rich province bordering Iraq, on Wednesday.
The YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terrorist organisation. In its almost 40-year terror campaign against the NATO ally Turkish state, more than 40,000 people have been killed. Türkiye, the US and the EU recognise the PKK as a terrorist organisation. The strike comes a day after another US attack targeted facilities Washington said were used by Iran-backed militias in northeast Syria.
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