Drone attack targets al-Tanf US occupation base in Syria
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The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for the attack.
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US occupation soldiers making their way to an oil production facility, in Syria, Oct. 27, 2020 (US Army photo by Spc. Jensen Guillory)
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced targeting the US occupation base in al-Tanf using two drones, confirming direct hits.
The Iraq Resistance group continues to target US bases in Iraq and Syria in conjunction with Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
The Pentagon had announced that American forces were subjected to approximately 27 attacks between October 17 and October 30.
Yesterday, the United States occupation base in al-Omar oil field, in eastern Deir Ezzor, Syria, was targeted by rocket fire.
Moreover, sources revealed that the attack coincided with a series of loud explosions within the American base.
Earlier in the day, two United States occupation military bases in Syria and Iraq have come under attack.
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Timeline of recent operations against US military bases
These operations come in the context of escalating attacks by Resistance groups against American military positions in retaliation to US support for the Israeli genocidal war against Gaza.
On October 18, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance targeted US forces in Ain al-Aasad and Harir in the Iraqi province of Kurdistan.
On October 19, the US base in al-Tanf came under attack by three drones. On the same day, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the Conoco US military base in Deir Ezzor.
On October 20, an explosion was heard in the vicinity of the US Victoria military site, near Baghdad Airport, responsibility for which was claimed later by Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah. On the same day, several powerful explosions occurred in al-Omar oil field and the gas line connecting the Conoco gas field and the Abu Khashab desert in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
On October 23, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance targeted US occupation bases al-Tanf and other US occupation bases near al-Rukban camp with UAVs.
On October 26, US forces in al-Shadadi occupation base in al-Hasakah, Syria, came under a rocket attack by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. Earlier in the day, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that its Resistance fighters targeted the US occupation Ain al-Assad base.
On October 28, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted US forces at the Al-Tanf base in Syria with two drones.
On October 29, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted al-Hasakah US military base in Syria using suicide drones.
On October 30, the US occupation military base in al-Omar gas field in Syria was shelled from Iraqi territory. Later, it was reported that the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq was targeted with a barrage of 4 rockets by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
On October 31, Ain al-Assad's US base in Iraq and US bases in the Conoco oil field in Syria were targeted by UAVs and missiles respectively. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for the former.
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