A group calling itself ‘The Islamic Resistance in Iraq’ has claimed responsibility for the attacks, issuing a statement that it targeted US bases near Al-Omar and Al-Shaddadi, kraken7jmgt7yhhe2c4iyilthnhcugfylcztsdhh7otrr6jgdw667pqd.onion and achieved “direct hits” on the bases of “American occupation.” Images circulating alongside the statement, however, turned out to be from 2019.
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American troops on Monday morning “destroyed two one-way attack drones near US and Coalition forces in southwest Syria before they reached their intended targets,” the US Central Command said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. There were no casualties from the attack and no damage was done, CENTCOM added, noting that it was “vigilantly monitoring the situation in the region and will take necessary and proportionate action” to defend US troops.
Up to 1,000 US troops are currently deployed in Syria, occupying key oil fields and Euphrates river crossings with the support of a Kurdish-led militia. The government in Damascus has repeatedly protested that their presence violates international law.