6 Kurdish Fighters Reportedly Killed in Fresh Drone Attack on US Base in Syria

Published on February 5, 2024

A drone attack on a U.S. military installation in eastern Syria has reportedly killed at least six fighters linked to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led fighting force aligned with the United States. “Six of our fighters were martyred in a terrorist attack by a suicide drone originating from areas controlled by Syrian regime mercenaries,” the SDF said in a Feb. 5 statement. According to the SDF, the attack—which occurred just after midnight—targeted a training camp near the al-Omar oilfield east of the Syrian city of Deir al-Zour. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a United Kingdom-based monitoring group, put the number of slain SDF fighters at seven, with another 18 injured....

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