3 US troops injured in Syria amid ongoing offensive
U.S. soldiers inspect the site of reported Turkish shelling days earlier on an oil extraction facility on the outskirts of Rumaylan, in Syria's PKK/YPG-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province on October 28, 2024. (AFP Photo)
The Pentagon said Thursday that three U.S. troops are being evaluated for traumatic brain injuries following an attack on the MSS Euphrates base in Syria earlier this week.
The attack prompted what the Defense Department described as retaliatory “self-defense strikes” on nearby targets after rockets and mortars were fired at U.S. forces, according to spokesperson Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder.
Three truck-mounted multiple rocket launchers, a T-64 tank and mortars were destroyed by the U.S. strikes, according to the Pentagon.
Asked about who was responsible for the attack on the base, Ryder said it is “entirely possible” that Syrian regime or Russian forces carried it out but said officials are still seeking to determine firm attribution.
Separately, on Nov. 29, the U.S. carried out a self-defense strike against what it said was a hostile target preparing a rocket rail at MSS Euphrates.
