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Early on August 20, an indirect fire attack targeted the US-led coalition’s Green Village base in al-Omar oil fields in the southeastern countryside of Syria’s Deir Ezzor, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The London-based monitoring group said that an unidentified projectile landed in the vicinity of the base. The projectile was alleged launched from the government-held part of Deir Ezzor across the Euphrates River, where Iranian-backed Syrian and Iraqi forces are present.
No casualties or material losses were reported as a result of the indirect fire attack. The US-led coalition is yet to address the alleged incident.
If confirmed, this will be the second such attack to target the Green Village base in less than a week. On August 15, a salvo of 107 mm rockets targeted the base. Just minutes before the attack, a number of suicide drones targeted the US-led coalition’s garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf.
The two attacks were likely a response by Iranian-backed Syrian and Iraqi forces to the August 14 Israeli attack on Syria, which killed three soldiers.
The US-led coalition has been working to fortify its bases in northeastern Syria as well as its garrison in al-Tanf. The coalition has been also training its troops in the war-torn country to better handle the threat posed by Iranian-backed forces.
It’s worth noting that most US-led coalition bases in northeastern Syria are located at key oil and gas field, while al-Tanf garrison blocks the strategic Damascus-Baghdad highway.
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