Posted on 10/19/2023 5:09:01 AM PDT by bitt
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition activists say a drone attack has been conducted on an oil facility in eastern Syria housing American troops and a U.S. base in a nearby area.
There was no immediate word on casualties and the U.S. military didn’t immediately respond to requests for confirmation.
Omar Abu Layla, a Europe-based activist who heads the Deir Ezzor 24 media outlet, said that three drones with explosives struck the Conoco COP, +0.90% gas field in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour that borders Iraq on Thursday.
Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, confirmed that five explosions were heard at the Conoco gas field.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that three drones also attacked the U.S. base of Tanf in eastern Syria near where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet. It said two drones were shot down before reaching their targets while the third hit the base, causing some material damage.
The Observatory, an opposition war monitor, and Omar Abu Layla, a Europe-based activist who heads the Deir Ezzor 24 media outlet, said the attack appears to be the work of Iran-based fighters who are deployed in eastern Syria and western Iraq.
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“The Observatory, an opposition war monitor, and Omar Abu Layla”
For clarity and credibility:
Abu Layla was a well know Kurdish fighter and fought in the Siege of Kobane and to end ISIS. The name he took, Abu Layla, was his daughter’s name (she died). He used her the rest of his life.
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There’s no reason we should be protecting Syrian oil fields. Get our boys out of there.
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