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On September 30, a large explosion rocked a base of the US-led coalition located near the town of al-Shaddadi in the southern countryside of al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria.
Sputnik’s reporter in Syria said that the explosion was the result of a rocket attack that targeted the administration building of al-Jbsah oil fields. US troops are known to be deployed there. A large cloud of smoke was seen rising from the fields.
Some local sources dismissed Sputink’s report. The sources claimed that the US-led coalition carried out a controlled explosion near al-Shaddadi to destroy mines, improvised explosive devices and other war remnants.
The Hawar News Agency, which is affiliated with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, reported the explosion without elaborating. This suggests that the explosion was not planned.
#الحسكة
انفجارات ناتجة عن قيام التحالف الدولي بتفجير مجموعة من الألغام في منطقة مقلع البحص قرب قرية ام الزر بريف #الشدادي جنوب الحسكة pic.twitter.com/M1uoYXVRpD— صهيب اليعربي (@SOHEB2019) September 30, 2021
انفجار في بلدة الشدادي جنوبي الحسكة https://t.co/a0U6Tjc0cK عبر @hawarnews pic.twitter.com/hugEBN8xXY
— EKREM BEREKAT (@EKREMBEREKAT) September 30, 2021
If Sputnik’s report is confirmed, this will be the second attack on US troops in northeastern Syria this month. On September 8, precision-guided munitions struck a US-led coalition base in the outskirts of al-Shaddadi. The attack caused material losses. Nevertheless, no casualties were reported.
Iranian-backed Syrian and Iraqi forces were likely behind the September 8 attack. In July, the forces launched a series of attacks with drones and rockets on coalition bases in Deir Ezzor.
Good US has no right there.
well its definitely not russia cause theyre too scared of the US retaliation
All our boys returned safely home to their base without a single scratch on their uniform after hitting all targets in a precision strike.