"This evening at approximately 10:12 p.m. local time in Syria, a 107mm rocket attack targeting Coalition Forces near the Rumalyn Landing Zone failed," a CENTCOM statement read. It added that an investigation was launched and that other rockets were found the launch site.
The failed attack comes hours after the Syrian ministry of foreign affairs called on the US to immediately withdraw its "illegal forces" from Syrian territory, accusing Washington of stealing Syrian oil and sending it across the border to "northern Iraq."
Hundreds of US troops stationed in eastern Syria have fought alongside the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS). Last month, at the UN General Assembly meeting, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad
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...Syrian foreign minister, formerly Perrmanent envoy to the UN. He replaced Wally Muallem, who died in office at age 79, having been FM since approximately age 12...said the presence of the coalition "should end immediately," adding that it contradicts international law.
The tweets by the ministry added that Syria will demand compensation from the US for its "losses", likely referring to the joint control between the US and SDF over key oilfields in the country’s east.
Last month, at least three rockets targeted the Green Village military installation, housing coalition forces in Deir ez-Zor province.
There have been at least 20 rocket and drone attacks against sites housing American troops in Iraq and Syria this year, according to data compiled by Rudaw English. Such attacks are often attributed to Iran-backed militias and factions, but have never been claimed.
On Thursday, CENTCOM announced it had killed three senior ISIS officials during two separate operations in Syria. The two operations are the latest in a series of US attacks against senior ISIS officials, with the terror group continuing to pose a serious threat to Syria and Iraq despite being territorially defeated.