24 hours after rocket fire | US forces conduct evacuation exercises in International Coalition’s largest base in Syria

 

Deir Ezzor province: SOHR activists have reported that US forces stationed in al-Omar oilfield’s military base in Deir Ezzor, the largest International Coalition’s military base in Syria, have conducted joint military training with SDF inside the base.

According to SOHR sources, the joint activities included training on the evacuating and deploying the forces from the posts inside the labor’s residential areas in the al-Omar field. The military exercises came a day after base was targeted by a rocket, believed to be fired from areas controlled by Iranian-backed militias in western Euphrates.

Yesterday, SOHR sources reported that a home-made missile, believed to be fired from areas controlled by Iranian-backed militias in western Euphrates, hit the military base in al-Omar oil field in east Euphrates region in Deir Ezzor countryside, which is the largest military base of the International Coalition in Syria. However, no casualties have been reported.

On July 10, SOHR activists reported hearing an explosion in Koniko gas field which hosts a military base of the International Coalition in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, caused by a rocket believed to be fired by Iranian-backed militias stationed in western Euphrates on the field. The rocket hit a site near the military base in the field. However, no casualties were reported.