It followed another attack over the weekend in which missiles were fired from northern Iraq at a base in Syria housing forces from the US-led coalition against the jihadist group “Islamic State”.
American troops in Middle East have been attacked dozens of times since mid-October, but the cycle of missile and drone attacks and periodic retaliation has stopped after heavy US airstrikes against Iran-linked targets in early February.
“Yesterday there was an attack on Al-Assad Air Base” that caused no injuries or damage, the defense official said on condition of anonymity, without specifying the nature of the attack.
“This was the second attack on US forces since February 4”the employee said.
The wave of more than 165 attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria began in October, shortly after the start of the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas, causing injuries but no deaths among US forces.
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