US-occupied military base in east Syria comes under missile attack, third in 24 hours
An illegal military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr has reportedly come under a fresh missile attack from nearby areas amid growing anti-US sentiments over Washington’s support for the Israeli onslaught on Gaza.
Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network, citing local sources, reported that several explosions were heard in the area close to the US-controlled Conoco gas field early on Sunday after several projectiles struck the site.
There were no immediate reports about possible casualties or the extent of damage at the installation.
The sources added that US military aircraft and helicopters flew over the eastern side of Dayr al-Zawr province and the area where the base is located after the missile attack.
The American aircraft also launched a number of flares in the sky over the Conoco gas field.
The missile strike is the third of its kind in 24 hours. Missile salvos had targeted the base twice during the early hours of Saturday.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, usually claims responsibility for most of the retaliatory strikes on US military bases in Iraq and Syria.
It says the attacks are in solidarity with the Palestinians amid Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza that has killed at least 39,258 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured over 90,589 others.
Amid rising anti-US sentiments over Washington’s support for the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, a salvo of missiles has targeted a military base in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after Hamas-led resistance groups waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime’s decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.
However, more than nine months into the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has failed to achieve its objectives in Gaza.
The US remains Israel’s most important ally and biggest supplier of arms. It has provided Israel with weapons and intelligence support during the Gaza war and blocked UN resolutions calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian territory.
