Three U.S service members have been injured amid rocket attacks at two sites in Syria conducted by suspected Iran-backed militants, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Aug. 24.
It added that U.S. forces subsequently responded with attack helicopters.
The announcement after CENTCOM on Aug. 23 confirmed that U.S. forces had conducted targeted airstrikes on Iran-backed militia in order to protect U.S. forces in Syria. CENTCOM is one of the 11 unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Just hours after the U.S. strikes on Aug. 23, two U.S. military locations in northeastern Syria near large oil and gas fields were hit with rocket fire. The U.S. CENTCOM said that starting at about 7:20 p.m. local time, “several rockets” hit near Green Village and the Conoco gas field in Deir el-Zour….