US forces exchange fire with Iran-backed armed groups in eastern Syria

US troops have exchanged fire with Iranian-backed armed groups in eastern Syria, local sources reported on Wednesday.

The sources told Anadolu that armed groups backed by Iran carried out a rocket attack on the Conoco gas field in Deir Ez-Zor province, where the US troops are stationed. Plumes of smoke rose from the base, but no casualties were reported.

Fighter jets of the US-led international coalition struck military locations belonging to the Iranian-backed groups in the province, the sources added. The US Army is yet to comment on the reported attacks.

In recent months, drone and missile attacks have been carried out against US bases in Syria by unknown armed groups, likely to be Iranian-backed.

Deir Ez-Zor is under the occupation of the US-backed PKK/YPG terrorist organisation, while the city centre and rural areas are under the control of Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad regime and Iranian-backed groups.

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