US base in northeast Syria targeted by rocket attack

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said late Sunday that one of its bases in northeast Syria was targeted by a rocket attack, without casualties.

The statement read:

"At approximately 7:05 PM in Syria on September 18th, a rocket attack targeting the Green Village base in northeast Syria failed to strike US or Coalition forces or equipment. Three 107mm rockets targeted the base. A fourth rocket along with rocket tubes was found at the launch point, approximately 5 kilometers away."

The Green Village military base that houses US and coalition forces is located in Deir ez-Zor province, within a territory controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

No group has yet claimed the attack on the base.

Previously on 25 August, CENTCOM announced that four suspected fighters of an Iran-backed militia in northeast Syria were killed in response to an attack a day earlier, which targeted the US forces’ Mission Support Site Conoco and Mission Support Site Green Village.