WASHINGTON: Eight US service members were injured in a drone attack on a base in Syria last week, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, its first report of specific casualty figures in the incident.
Reuters first reported that several US and coalition personnel were wounded in a drone attack on Friday at Rumalyn Landing Zone, which hosts troops from the US and other countries in the US-led coalition.
Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder told reporters on Tuesday that three personnel had already returned to duty. The eight troops were treated for traumatic brain injury and smoke inhalation.
The US says its 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in neighboring Iraq are advising and assisting local forces trying to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, which in 2014 seized large swaths of both countries but was later pushed back.
Ryder added that the US believed that the attack was carried out by Iran-backed forces, but the Pentagon was working to determine which one.
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Eight US troops injured in Syria drone attack last week, Pentagon says
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Eight US troops injured in Syria drone attack last week, Pentagon says
- Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder told reporters on Tuesday that three personnel had already returned to duty
- The eight troops were treated for traumatic brain injury and smoke inhalation
Iranian attacks on civilians won’t go unanswered, CENTCOM commander says
- Brad Cooper points to attack on thursday night when Iran fired seven drones at civilian, residential neighborhoods in Bahrain
The United States will respond to Iranian attacks on civilians throughout the Middle East, the leader of the US Central Command, Brad Cooper, said on Friday.
Cooper said that Iran has attacked 12 different countries since the US and Israel launched strikes on the Islamic Republic last week, including firing seven attack drones at civilian, residential neighborhoods in Bahrain on Thursday night.
“This is unacceptable and will not go unanswered,” Cooper said in a statement.
Cooper said that Iran has attacked 12 different countries since the US and Israel launched strikes on the Islamic Republic last week, including firing seven attack drones at civilian, residential neighborhoods in Bahrain on Thursday night.
“This is unacceptable and will not go unanswered,” Cooper said in a statement.
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