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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Two most important US military bases targeted in eastern Syria</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">April21, 2024<br></div>
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Mayadeen's correspondent explained that the targeting of the two US
bases occurred approximately two months after attacks on the US bases in
eastern Syria stopped. </p><img src="cid:ii_lva9tu4h0" alt="02bfa686-81e5-4cd9-806c-95e73a97ffd3.jpg" width="396" height="233"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
Image from footage of a missile targeting the al-Omar oil field in Deir Ezzor on April 24, 2024. (Social media)
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<p><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent in Aleppo reported on
Monday at dawn that four missiles struck the US military base in the
al-Omar oil field and the American Kharab al-Jir base in eastern Syria
was targeted with three missiles and a drone.</p>
<p><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent confirmed that the
targeting of the two US bases comes approximately two months after
attacks on US bases in eastern Syria stopped. Our correspondent
mentioned reports suggesting direct casualties within the US base in
Kharab al-Jir.</p>
<p>Our correspondent reported that the two most significant US military
bases in eastern Syria were targeted less than an hour apart. The first
incident occurred with explosions heard from the US base in the Green
Village near the al-Omar oil field in the countryside of Deir Ezzor in
the eastern part of the country. Subsequently, three explosions were
heard in the vicinity of the US base at Kharab al-Jir airport north of
al-Hasakah.</p>
<p>Earlier in February, sources to <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong> reported that <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/drone-attack-targets-al-omar-oil-field-us-base-in-syria">the al-Omar oil field</a> was attacked with several rocket shells, <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-occupation-base-in-al-omar-oil-field-in-syria-attacked">reporting significant damage</a>.
The international coalition, in turn, targeted positions of the Syrian
Army auxiliary forces located in Mayadin, east Der Ezzor. </p>
<p>A local <em>Sputnik</em> correspondent detailed that five rockets
targeted the US military base in the al-Omar oil field, hitting its
southern vicinity, adding that a suicide drone targeted the base's Green
zone.</p>
<p>"In response," the correspondent added, "the American air force
launched four airstrikes on positions of the auxiliary Syrian army
forces in the Mayadin desert in the Deir Ezzor countryside."</p></div></div></div>
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