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U.S. troops come under fire in Syria after strikes against Iran-backed militias Today 05:41 am JST Today | 07:10 am JST WASHINGTON U.S. troops came under rocket fire in Syria on Monday, but escaped injury, in apparent retaliation for weekend U.S. air strikes against Iran-aligned militia in Syria and Iraq. A U.S. military spokesman said U.S. forces had responded to the multiple rockets by firing back at the positions in self-defense. "There are no (U.S.) injuries and damage is being assessed," Colonel Wayne Marotto said, referring to the rocket attack. He did not say who was...

Pro-Iran militias launch rockets at US base in eastern Syria after air strikes Issued on: 29/06/2021 - 03:28 Iraqi mourners attend the funeral of a fightrer of Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance following US air strikes on the Syrian-Iraqi border, on June 28, 2021 in the northern Nineveh province. © Zaid Al-Obeidi, AFP 7 min Pro-Iranian militias exchanged fire with a US-led coalition in eastern Syria Monday, a war monitor and the coalition said, in an escalation after deadly US air strikes in Iraq and Syria the previou...

  >>  Reuters Published: 29 Jun 2021 09:21 AM BdST Updated: 29 Jun 2021 09:21 AM BdST US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella (not pictured) at Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy June 28, 2021. Presidential Press Office via REUTERS US troops came under rocket fire in Syria on Monday, but escaped injury, in apparent retaliation for weekend US air strikes against Iran-aligned militia in Syria and Iraq. "); } A US military spokesman said US forces had responded to the multiple rockets by firing back at the positions in self-defence. "There are no (U...

US troops in Syria attacked by rockets, no injuries: Spokesman Top Searches US troops in Syria attacked by rockets, no injuries: Spokesman Reuters / Jun 29, 2021, 01:32 IST FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Representational image.(Reuters photo) WASHINGTON: US troops in Syria were attacked by multiple rockets on Monday but initial reports did not indicate any injuries, a US military spokesman said. Colonel Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, said on Twitter that the attack occurred at 7:44 pm local time and damage was being assessed. He did not...

UPDATE 4-U.S. troops come under fire in Syria after strikes against Iran-backed militias Reuters 16 hrs ago (Adds details about counterattack) By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - U.S. troops came under rocket fire in Syria on Monday, but escaped injury, in apparent retaliation for weekend U.S. air strikes against Iran-aligned militia in Syria and Iraq. A U.S. military spokesman said U.S. forces had responded to the multiple rockets by firing back at the positions in self-defense. "There are no (U.S.) injuries and damage is being assessed," Colonel Wayne Marotto sa...