US soldiers injured in rocket attacks on US bases in Syria

WORLD, Aug. 25 (YPA) – US Central Command confirmed that three soldiers were slightly injured in rocket attacks on two positions of its forces in Syria.

“Our estimates are that 2 or 3 of the perpetrators of the attack on our forces in Syria and suspected of being loyal to Iran were killed during our response to the bombing of our positions,” the command said in a statement.

The statement added that US forces responded to the attack with strikes from attack helicopters.

The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said several rockets targeted bases that are run by US occupation force at the al-Omar and Koniko oilfields in the countryside of the city of Deir Ez-Zur province.

“One US military service member suffered a minor injury and two others are being evaluated for minor injuries following the rocket attacks,” Reuters reported, citing the US military.

A plume of smoke was seen rising out of the area, SANA added. The occupying American forces have “closed the area,” the civilian sources noted, saying American aircraft had started staging extensive flights over the area.

The rocket attacks came after American warplanes carried out a fresh airstrike in Deir Ez-Zur in the wee hours of the day.

E.M