US occupation forces come under attacks in eastern Syria

WORLD, March 25 (YPA) -More than 20 rockets are reportedly fired against two illegal bases belonging to American occupation forces in eastern Syria, Iran’s Arabic-language television news network al-Alam reported.

According to Al-Alam news network, the attacks on Saturday, specifying the targets as American outposts based near the al-Omar oilfield and the Koniko gas field in Syria’s Deir Ezzor Province.

The network also said American helicopter gunships were seen flying over the gas field in the aftermath of the rocket attacks.

Speaking to Qatar’s Al Jazeera television network, an American official, meanwhile, said one of the US bases in eastern Syria had been targeted with eight rockets.

At least one American has been wounded as a result of the attack, the official said, noting that Washington was assessing the extent of the damage that has been caused by the projectiles.

Hours earlier, the US occupation forces had reportedly staged a deadly attack against civilian targets based in Deir Ezzor.

The attack had led to some fatalities as well as some injuries, al-Alam said, citing Iran’s military advisory support center in the Arab country.

The US base near al-Omar had come under rocket fire on Friday too after the American military carried out multiple airstrikes against the positions of resistance fighters behind a drone strike that had killed an American contractor, wounded another, and also injured five US troops.

E.M