Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it launched ballistic missiles and drones at a US special operations command center in southern Syria on July 17, targeting the al-Tanf military base in what it called the 11th wave of “Operation Nasr 2.” If verified, it would mark one of the most direct Iranian strikes against US military infrastructure in the region’s recent history.
US forces have not publicly commented on the claims. Independent verification of the attack remains absent.
What we know about the strike
The IRGC described the operation as retaliation for the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr.
Al-Tanf sits in a strategically critical corridor near the borders of Iraq and Jordan. The US has maintained a presence there for years, originally to counter ISIS but increasingly to monitor Iranian military movements through Syria.
