At least 19 people have been killed in US airstrikes in eastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The UK-based organization announced today that there are 16 pro-Iran fighters, mostly Syrians, and three soldiers from Syrian government forces.
The US responded to a deadly drone strike against US-led coalition military forces in Syria with multiple airstrikes on Thursday and yesterday, as well as multiple rocket attacks. According to the Pentagon, “precision strikes” on the positions were carried out by “groups allied with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard”.
One US citizen was killed and six others were wounded in the drone strike on the Hassake military base in northeast Syria early Thursday afternoon. According to US information, the fatal victim was an employee of a subcontractor working for the US Army, and the injured were five American soldiers and another subcontractor.
No one was injured in 10 rocket attacks by pro-Iranian militias on a US military base and its allies last night inside the camp – however, one of the rockets hit a house five kilometers away and injured two women and two children. , according to US Central Command.
The UK-based observatory gets its information from a network in Syria. The information provided by the organization can hardly be verified by an independent party.