US military base in Syria targeted in failed rocket attack
US military base in Syria targeted in failed rocket attack
The rocket attack failed to hit any US or coalition forces in Syria, according to the US military.
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A US military base was the target of a rocket attack in Syria on Sunday [Getty]
A rocket attack targeting the Green Village base in northeast failed to hit USÌýor coalition forces, or any equipment, the USÌýCentral Command said.
Three 107 mm rockets targeted the base on Sunday and a fourth rocket along with rocket tubes was found at the launch point, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) away, the command said in a .
The Green Village base was targeted last month in violence between the USÌýmilitary and Iran-backed militants leaving at least one USÌýmilitary service member in Syria with a minor injury.
The incident triggered a US response that killed two or three militants conducting the attacks.
The Central Command said it was investigating the latest failed attack, which struck at approximately 7:05 p.m local time in Syria (1605 GMT).
It gave no further details.
USÌýforces first deployed in Syria during the Obama administration's campaign against Islamic State, partnering with a Kurdish-led group called the Syrian Democratic Forces. There are about 900 USÌýtroops in Syria, most of them in the east.Ìý
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