Rockets target American forces in Syria after deadly Jordan attack, says US official

By AFP 29 January 2024, 10:24 pm

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Illustrative: Jordanian soldiers patrol near the eastern Jordan-Syria border, in al-Washash, Mafraq governorate, Jordan, on February 17, 2022, during a media tour organized by the Jordanian army. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh/ File)

American and allied forces in Syria were targeted with rockets today, a US defense official says, after three of Washington’s troops were killed in a drone attack in Jordan yesterday.

“Multiple rockets were launched against US and coalition forces at Patrol Base Shaddadi, Syria. No injuries reported and no damage to infrastructure,” the US defense official says, on condition of anonymity, referring to an installation in northeastern Syria.

The United States has some 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in neighboring Iraq, as part of the international coalition against the Islamic State group, a jihadist organization that once controlled swaths of both countries.