US says failed rocket attack targeted American troops in Syria

Children gesture as US troops patrol in their military vehicles on the roads of the Syrian town of al-Jawadiyah and meet the inhabitants, in the northeastern Hasakeh province, near the border with Turkey, on December 17, 2020 [DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images]

The US military said late on Saturday that unidentified forces fired a rocket at a compound in Syria hosting US troops and partnered local forces, but failed to cause any injuries or damage, Reuters reports. The military, in a short statement, said the 107 mm rocket failed to impact anything inside the Rumalyn Landing Zone US compound in northeast Syria. "Additional rockets were found at the launch site," said the US military's Central Command, which oversees US troops in the Middle East. Central Command did not say who it believed might be responsible for the failed attack. It came just two days after a rare US helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria's northeast killed an Islamic State militant […] Source

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