Several soldiers injured in drone strike on US-occupied base in eastern Syria: Report

Several US service members have been reportedly injured in a drone operation against a military base in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr as anti-US sentiments continue to rise in the region amid Washington’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. 

Several sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Arabic-language service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency that the strike against the facility at the al-Omar oil field on Thursday night resulted in casualties and infrastructural damage.

They added that US military helicopters could be seen taking off from the base and heading northwards to transport the injured to other bases and field hospitals belonging to the US military.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, in a statement published on its Telegram channel claimed responsibility for the drone strike on the US military base.

The group noted that the airstrike was carried out in retaliation for US support of Israel’s bloody war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.