Following Iranian Drone Attack On U.S. Base In Syria, Increase In Syrian Threats To Strike U.S. Forces Until They Leave
April 10, 2023
A statement issued March 23, 2023 by the U.S. Pentagon revealed that an American civilian contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other contractor were wounded when an Iranian drone struck a base of the U.S.-led global coalition in Kharab Al-Jir, near Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria.[1] This is the first time that an American has been reported killed in the exchanges of fire between the U.S. forces and the Iran-backed militias in Syria, which have been occurring on an almost monthly basis since 2021. Responsibility for the attack was claimed two days later, on March 25, by a previously unknown Iran-backed militia called Liwa Al-Ghaliboun, whose announcement implied that the drone had been launched from Iraq.[2]
Following the drone strike there were reprisals and counter-reprisals, in which the U.S. attacked positions of the Iran-backed militias and the latter targeted additional coalition bases in northeastern Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, affiliated with the Syrian opposition, 19 members of the Iran-backed militias and of the Syrian regime forces were killed in the attacks.[3]
more............ https://www.memri.org/reports/follo...ncrease-syrian-threats-strike-us-forces-until
April 10, 2023
A statement issued March 23, 2023 by the U.S. Pentagon revealed that an American civilian contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other contractor were wounded when an Iranian drone struck a base of the U.S.-led global coalition in Kharab Al-Jir, near Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria.[1] This is the first time that an American has been reported killed in the exchanges of fire between the U.S. forces and the Iran-backed militias in Syria, which have been occurring on an almost monthly basis since 2021. Responsibility for the attack was claimed two days later, on March 25, by a previously unknown Iran-backed militia called Liwa Al-Ghaliboun, whose announcement implied that the drone had been launched from Iraq.[2]
Following the drone strike there were reprisals and counter-reprisals, in which the U.S. attacked positions of the Iran-backed militias and the latter targeted additional coalition bases in northeastern Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, affiliated with the Syrian opposition, 19 members of the Iran-backed militias and of the Syrian regime forces were killed in the attacks.[3]
more............ https://www.memri.org/reports/follo...ncrease-syrian-threats-strike-us-forces-until