Most of the focus on US troops in Syria is those occupying an oilfield in the far east. The bigger presence is at al-Tanf, however, along the Syria-Jordan border. That base was under attack from drones Wednesday, according to US officials.
It’s not clear who was responsible for the attack, though Shi’ite Iraqi militias are being suspected in most media coverage. The US certainly has fought with them enough to give them motive, but no one is taking credit.
Early reports are that there are no casualties from the strike, but damage assessment is ongoing, so the exact figures aren’t yet confirmed.
Adding to that suspicion, two Israeli air attacks last week saw warplanes fly over al-Tanf’s airspace, which pointed to US involvement in, or at least support of, strikes targeting the militias.
Is it interesting how they managed not to injure any of our troops? Almost as interesting as ignoring the lack of any benefit from our troops being in harms way in Syria. Bring our troops home before they get hurt or killed for no benefit to the American people–none whatsoever!
They’re saying the militias warned the base in advance to evacuate, hence no casualties
CoB, Whered U get the “Warning” story from? Sounds very likely to me. Or is this just another false flag op which will justify attacking attacking Syrian forces and their militias fending off the invaders of all stripes…???