Trio of suicide drones strike US base in Syria, wounding 2

Two of the drones had been shot down and the third struck the compound at al-Tanf base the place the borders of Syria, Iraq and Jordan meet, the U.S. navy stated.

The navy stated the drone that struck the constructing wounded two members of the Syrian Free Military, who obtained medical remedy.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition conflict monitor, stated the assault was seemingly carried out by Iran-backed fighters who’re deployed in several components of war-torn Syria.

“Assaults of this type are unacceptable — they place our troops and our companions in danger and jeopardize the combat towards ISIS,” U.S. navy spokesman Joe Buccino stated, utilizing an acronym for the Islamic State group.

There are roughly 900 U.S. troops in Syria, together with within the north and the farther south and east of the nation.