Global Coalition base in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor attacked
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Monday evening, a military base of the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in the al-Omar oil field in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, was hit with mortar shells, while the Coalition’s drones bombed the headquarters of pro-Iranian groups on the western bank of the Euphrates River.
“US Forces in Syria were attacked by multiple rockets,” OIR spokesman, Col. Wayne Marotto tweeted.
“There are no injuries and damage is being assessed. We will provide updates when we have more information,” he added.
The matter started with two mortar shells falling near the al-Omar oil field, so that the Coalition forces bombed points of the pro-Iranian groups in the town of al-Qoriya and the countryside of al-Mayadin, 25 km east of Deir ez-Zor, on the western bank of the Euphrates River, through drones, a military source close to the SDF in the area told North Press.
“After that, the groups launched two other shells, one of which fell near the Coalition’s base in the al-Omar field,” the source added.
Meanwhile, the SDF Special Units targeted positions of the pro-Iranian groups on the western bank of the river with automatic weapons, according to the same source.
Eyewitnesses from the city of al-Mayadin told North Press that members of pro-Iranian groups withdrew from their points towards the cities amidst a great mobilization among the pro-Iranian groups and members of the Syrian government forces in the area.