A drone attack late Sunday evening that struck a military base in eastern Syria, where U. According to the statement, the drone attack struck an area where the forces' commando units were being trained.
The strike was the first significant attack in Syria or Iraq since the U. Militia fighters have been carrying out assaults on U. This photo issued by the Ministry of Defence on Sunday, Feb. The SDF initially blamed "Syrian regime-backed mercenaries" for Sunday's attack, but after investigating the attack, they accused "Iran-backed militias. The Islamic Resistance, an umbrella group of all Iran-backed Iraqi militias in the country, claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack and released a video they claim showed them launching the drone used in the attack.
A map shows there have been at least attacks on U. Fox News. Central Command forces said Sunday they conducted a "self-defense" strike against a Houthi land attack cruise missile at approximately a. Sanaa time. Later, at approximately a. Navy ships and merchant vessels" in the Red Sea.
The U. Houthi rebels vowed "escalation" in reaction to the strikes, with a spokesman for the group vowing to continue its own attacks "no matter the sacrifices it costs us. The Houthi spokesman also called such attacks "ineffective," and predicted a wider war would end the U. The Islamic Resistance was responsible for the January drone attack on Tower 22 of the logistics support base in Jordan that left three U.
In addition to the strikes on Saturday, U. Central Command says it conducted an additional "self-defense" strike on Sunday against a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile. Defense Department identified the three deceased soldiers as Sgt. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett of Savannah, Georgia. The umbrella group has launched dozens of attacks, primarily using drones, against U.
