DAMASCUS: A Syrian military source told AFP on Tuesday that an overnight drone attack originating from Iraq targeted an area in the country’s northeast home to a base hosting US forces.
“The area housing the Qasrak base was targeted with four drones,” the source said, requesting anonymity and referring to a location in Hasakah province.
The United States for years has led a military coalition fighting Daesh group in Syria, though US forces have withdrawn from some bases in the country in recent months.
The source said the coalition intercepted three of the drones, while the fourth “fell in an open area in the vicinity of the base,” adding that they were launched from Iraq.
Iraq has been pulled into the war sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and which has since engulfed much of the Middle East.
