Drones have once again targeted the International Coalition base in the al-Tanf area in eastern Homs province, Syria, after a months-long hiatus, although the United States, which leads the coalition, has not confirmed the strike.
An Iranian-supported Iraqi armed group announced that it attacked the al-Tanf military base on Sunday, October 27.
The Revolutionaries group (al-Thawrayoun) comprising factions affiliated with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, stated via their Telegram account that the base was struck with several rockets and drones.
They indicated that their operations would continue and escalate “until the last US soldier leaves the sacred land of Iraq.”
For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based rights organization, reported that the International Coalition shot down a drone near the border triangle of Iraq, Syria, and Jordan, close to the al-Tanf base.
No response was received by Enab Baladi regarding inquiries sent to the US Central Command (CENTCOM) about the attack on al-Tanf and any ensuing damages at the time of publishing this report.
Al-Jazeera channel quoted a US military official stating that they have no intelligence or operational reports supporting what they described as “allegations” of an attack on US forces at al-Tanf.
“Revolutionaries/al-Thawrayoun” is an account that emerged on Telegram to claim responsibility for strikes targeting US bases in Syria and Iraq (with 488 followers at the time of publishing this news). It has claimed various attacks on US installations, while reports have mentioned rifts within the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, with Revolutionaries being one example.
In a brief analysis published by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, prepared by researchers specializing in Iranian affairs and security in Iraq, Michael Knights and Crispin Smith noted that the attacks on US bases between July and August “reflect a division in the resistance.”
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