Iranian Media Report Fresh Missile Attack On US Base In Syria

IRGC media report a fresh attack on a US base in Deir Ezzor in Syria on Friday, after US warplanes hit two targets in the region belonging to the Revolutionary Guard.

Tasnim news agency affiliated with the IRGC reported at midday local time that “six missiles launched from the vicinity of Bu Kamal and al-Mayadeen” at the US base near the al-Omar oil fields.

If true, this would constitute a quick response by Iranian forces to a limited US retaliatory attack launched hours earlier at tow reportedly unmanned weapons depots of the Revolutionary Guard near Bu Kamal.

Iran’s armed proxy forces in Syria and Iraq have launched nearly 20 drone and rocket attacks against US bases in the two countries since the October 7 Hamas terror raid into Israel.

President Joe Biden and other US officials had warned of retaliation if Iranian-affiliated forces continued targeting American forces.

Iran had not attacked US bases in the region for nearly a year before the October 7th Hamas invasion. Tehran was holding secret talks with Washington to free billions of dollars of its frozen funds. The Biden administration agreed to release at least $8.7 billion blocked in South Korea and Iraq since June in exchange for five American hostages held by Iran and reportedly an agreement to deescalate tensions. However, the Hamas attack on Israel have led to the possibility of a serious conflict in the region.

Iran fully backs Hamas and has threatened the United States that if the attack on Gaza does not stop, it can engulf US interests.