US forces at Tanf base along the Syrian-Iraqi border, via Wiki Commons.
The October 20 attack on the US al-Tanf Garrison in southeastern Syria had inflicted some serious material damage, new satellite images show.
The images, which were released on October 24, confirmed that at least three sections of the garrison were hit; the barracks, the main building complex and a structure located right next to the main communication tower.
ما الذي جرى في قاعـدة التنف :
تظهر الصور منخفضة الجودة بدقة 10 من sentinel hub وجود ثلاث تأثيرات على الأقل ناتجة عن الضـ..ـربة التي وجهتها قـ.ـوات الحـ..ـلفاء منذ أيام للقـ..ـاعدة الأمـ..ـريكية وتسببت بأضـ..ـرار كبيرة بالفعل. pic.twitter.com/XqW8ZsCUNL— SAM 🇸🇾 (@SAMSyria0) October 24, 2021
The damage seen in the satellite images is consistence with photos allegedly taken from inside the garrison a just day after the attack.
الموقع الأول وهو التأثير الاكثر وضوحاً ويبدو أنه ثكـ.ـنات وبحسب الصور فقد دمـ..ـرت بشكل كامل. pic.twitter.com/n8adqJ5ZJu
— SAM 🇸🇾 (@SAMSyria0) October 24, 2021
الموقع الثالث يظهر تأثير طفيف وعلى الأغلب هو ناتج عن محاولة تدمـ..ـير برج هوائي واتصـ.ـالات للقاعدة والمشار إليه في الصور.
(الخط الازرق يمثل ظل البرج) pic.twitter.com/9IGZHV1Pme— SAM 🇸🇾 (@SAMSyria0) October 24, 2021
The garrison was targeted with suicide drones and rockets. The attack was reportedly launched simultaneously from Syria and Iraq.
Around 200 US troops are currently deployed in al-Tanf garrison to block a strategic highway that links the Syrian capital, Damascus, with Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. One of the US main proxies in Syria, the Revolutionary Commando Army, is also based there.
Iranian-backed forces in Syria and Iraq were unofficially blamed for the attack on al-Tanf. A few days before the attack, the forces vowed to response “very harshly” to the October 13 Israeli airstrikes on central Syria, which were launched from the airspace of al-Tanf.
The US Central Command has not made any accusations, yet. However, it maintained its “right to respond” at the time and place of its choosing.
