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Unknown assailants attack US base in Syria’s Deir Al Zor
Unknown assailants on Friday attacked a US base at the al-Omar oil field in Syria’s Deir Al Zor, according to the Syrian regime’s news agency.
However, the Syrian Democratic Forces denied on Friday that an attack on a US base at the al-Omar oil field in Syria’s Deir Al Zor took place, adding that the attack was part of a military exercise.
No more details were available as of Friday 2:00 p.m. Dubai time.
Some 200 US troops have been stationed in Deir Al Zor, the country’s largest oilfields which are located near the Iraqi border.
Their mission is to prevent ISIS from gaining access to oil fields and securing “resources that may allow them to strike within the region, to strike Europe, to strike the US,” US Defense SecretaryMark Esper told reporters on a visit to Brussels in late October.
