Oct 19 (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Syria introduced down two drones that had been focused on them, main to a couple minor accidents, U.S. officers stated on Thursday, with Washington on heightened alert for process via Iran-backed teams as regional tensions bounce all over the Israel-Hamas struggle.The officers, talking on situation of anonymity, stated the assault came about on Wednesday in opposition to U.S. forces at Al-Tanf base, close to Syria’s borders with Iraq and Jordan.The officers didn’t say who used to be answerable for the assault.Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Al Mayadeen TV reported on Thursday that two U.S. army bases in Syria have come below assault.Al Mayadeen reported a drone assault at the Al-Tanf base and a missile assault at the Conoco base within the nation-state of the northern Deir al-Zor area. It gave no additional data.U.S. army forces in Iraq had been centered on Wednesday in two separate drone assaults, with one inflicting minor accidents to a small selection of troops even if the U.S. army controlled to intercept the armed drone.America has 2,500 troops in Iraq, and 900 extra in neighbouring Syria, on a venture to advise and lend a hand native forces in preventing Islamic State, which in 2014 seized swathes of territory in each international locations.Reporting via Idrees Ali and Tala Ramadan;
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