New attack against U.S. base in Syria after alleged Iranian drone kills American contractor, drawing airstrikes

A new missile strike targeted a U.S. base in northeast Syria Friday, a day after a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and another U.S. contractor wounded when a suspected Iranian drone hit a coalition base in the same region, according to U.S. officials. U.S. officials confirmed the new attack targeting an American base southeast of the Syrian province of Der el-Zour on Friday, saying there were “lots of rockets” fired, but no known U.S. casualties.

Reports surfaced earlier that the Friday missile salvo had targeted a U.S. base near the Al-Omar oil field in northeast Syria. […]

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