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On December 1, a convoy moving logistic supplies to US-led coalition bases in northeastern Syria came under attack, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
The state-run agency said that the convoy was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) as it was passing near the town of al-Malikiyah in the northeastern countryside of al-Hasakah.
“Two trucks carrying logistical supplies to support the bases of the American occupation burnt out as a result of an IED explosion near the illegal Semalka crossing in the al-Malikiyah area,” a local source told the SANA.
After the attack, the US main proxy in northeastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), deployed reinforcements and shut down the whole area. Local sources didn’t report any casualties.
Over the last few days, dozens of trucks loaded with supplies and military equipment for the US-led coalition entered northeastern Syria.
If confirmed, this will be the second attack on a US-led coalition supply convoy in northeastern Syria this year. On April 20, a supply convoy was targeted with an IED as it was passing next to the town of al-Sabhah in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. Although ISIS and Iranian-backed forces in Syria were blamed by some observers, the attack remains unclaimed
