Al Tanf base lies in the Syrian desert, 240km from the capital Damascus. ReutersInfoIRGC says it launched strikes on Al Tanf desert base, where America no longer maintains an official presence
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed its first attack on US forces in Syria, targeting Al Tanf base.
The IRGC said the strike killed a "large number" of American soldiers and destroyed radar systems and helicopters.
The attack was carried out in retaliation for a US missile strike that killed seven Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr.
Syria seized a weapons shipment bound for Hezbollah inside an oil tanker at the Al Tanf border crossing with Iraq.
