BEIRUT — Pro-Iran militia fighters fired shells
towards a
US base in eastern Syria's Al-Omar oil field on Wednesday, causing
damage but no casualties, the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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The development came one day after the US-led coalition
fighting the Islamic State in Syria said they had foiled a rocket attack on a
US base called "Green Village" in the eastern
Deir Ezzor region.
Wednesday's attack, also in Deir Ezzor, saw at least three
shells land in Al-Omar, according to the Observatory, which relies on a network
of sources inside Syria.
One fell on a helicopter landing pad, while the two others
hit an open area, the Observatory said.
The war monitor blamed the attack on pro-Iran militia groups
that are active in the Deir Ezzor region which borders Iraq.
It said coalition forces retaliated by striking the source
of the artillery fire outside the eastern town of Al-Mayadeen which is a hub
for Tehran and its Syria proxies.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The attacks targeting US installations came as Tehran and
its allies across the Middle East held emotional commemorations marking the
second anniversary on Monday of the assassination of Iranian commander
Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant in a US drone strike at Baghdad
airport.
On Tuesday, US-led coalition forces shot down two armed
drones targeting an air base in western Iraq, according to a coalition
official.
On Monday, the coalition shot down two armed drones
targeting its compound at Baghdad airport.
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