US soldiers in the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, attached to the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, demonstrate their own and the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles’ capabilities for the press in eastern Syria on Nov. 11, 2019. (Spc. DeAndre Pierce/US Army Reserve)

US Troops in Syria Targeted in Rocket Attack

The Media Line Staff

10/09/2022

Unknown forces targeted US troops in northeast Syria, according to US Central Command. The 107mm rocket was fired on Saturday inside the Rumalyn Landing Zone US compound in northeast Syria. Additional rockets were found at the launch site, CENTCOM said in a statement issued late on Saturday night. CENTCOM forces are investigating the attack. No American soldiers were killed or injured in the attack and no facilities were damaged, according to the report.

Such attacks have been blamed on Iran-backed militias in Syria. About 900 US troops remain based in Syria, most in the east of the country. US forces arrived in Syria a decade ago to fight against Islamic State early in the ongoing Syrian civil war.

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