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Military drill | International Coalition conduct exercises in its base in Al-Omar oil field 

SOHR denies attacks by Iranian militias on US base in Al-Omar oil field

Deir Ezzor province: Reliable sources informed SOHR that the International Coalition Forces conducted military exercises this evening in their base in Al-Omar oil field in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor with the participation of SDF where explosions were heard due to this drill.

SOHR sources have confirmed that the reports circulated on social media and pro-regime and opposition press agencies about rocket fire by Iranian militias on the US base in Al-Omar oil field are completely untrue.

Yesterday, unidentified drones renewed airstrikes on military positions of Iranian-backed militias in west Euphrates region at dawn, targeting positions in Al-Tabni and Al-Masrab desert in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor, which caused material damage, amid confirmed reports of casualties.

According to SOHR sources, the drone attack was followed by several explosions heard in several areas in east Euphrates region, near the Coalition base in Koniko gas field. It is not known if these explosion were caused by rocket fire on the base or not.