US base attacked in northeast Syria
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A US base is once again attacked as the Resistance aims to assert that their presence is not welcome.
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American occupation forces sit in a fighting vehicle in al-Hasakah, Syria, February 8, 2022. (AP)
US occupation forces in the Conoco military base in northeastern Syria were attacked, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported, with no individual group claiming responsibility for the attack as of yet.
This comes amid a series of attacks directed at US forces in the region.
On Wednesday, the United States announced it attacked three facilities belonging to the Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq and linked Resistance groups.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated that the strikes came in response to an operation carried out by the Resistance two days prior, targeting a US military base in Iraqi Kurdistan's Erbil, which resulted in the injury of three American soldiers, including one seriously.
However, the Resistance continued to attack US bases in both Iraq and Syria, claiming responsibility for at least five operations since the aggression on the Kataib Hezbollah sites.
Kataib Hezbollah reaches Mediterranean
The Resistance faction announced Tuesday that they targeted the al-Shadadi US occupation base south of al-Hasakah in Syria with a rocket barrage.
The attack was "in response to the Zionist entity’s massacres against our people in Gaza." Sources had reported earlier to Al Mayadeen that sounds of explosions were heard inside a base.
In the most significant operation carried out so far, the Islamic Resistance said last week that it struck "an important target in the Mediterranean Sea," confirming a direct hit.
Israeli media later reported that the Karish gas field off the Palestinian coast and near the Lebanese maritime borders was targeted, without providing further information.
Since the launch of operations in October, US military bases across Syria and Iraq have come under over 110 attacks.
The Iraqi Resistance has also targeted Israeli targets numerous times, mainly in "Eilat" off the coast of the Red Sea.
