Biden Airstrikes Prompt Attack on U.S. Troops in Syria
29 Jun 2021
Multiple rockets targeted a U.S. base near an oil field in Syria on Monday evening, a day after U.S. airstrikes hit facilities used by Iran-backed Shiite militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region.
The U.S. military said there were “no injuries and damage is being assessed.”
Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the U.S.-led mission against the Islamic State known as Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), said the attack against U.S. forces in Syria began at roughly 7:44 PM local time.
Marotto said U.S. forces “acted in self-defense and conducted counter-battery artillery fire at rocket-launching positions.”