Aerial view of US Bradley Fighting Vehicles (BFV) during a joint military exercise between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State group, in the countryside of Deir al-Zor. (Credit: Delil Souleimani/AFP)
BEIRUT — A US base at the al-Omar oil field in Syria's northeast was targeted with a missile attack on Friday morning, according to Lebanese pro-Iranian TV channel Al Mayadeen and a security source.
The source told Reuters the attack took place at around 11 a.m. and it was unclear whether it had caused casualties.
There was no immediate US comment on the reported attack.
It followed US air strikes in Syria early Friday morning against Iran-aligned groups that the Pentagon blamed for a drone attack on Thursday that killed an American contractor, wounded another and also hurt five US troops.
Thursday's attack took place at a coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said in a statement.
The US intelligence community assessed that the one-way attack drone was Iranian in origin, the Pentagon said, a conclusion that could further aggravate already strained relations between Washington and Tehran.
US troops have come under attack by Iranian-backed groups about 78 times since the beginning of 2021, according to Army General Erik Kurilla, who oversees U.S. troops in the Middle East as the head of Central Command.
Fatalities are extremely rare.