U.S. Military Base in Syria Comes Under Intense Rocket Attack

The U.S.’s biggest military base in Syria has come under rocket attack, hours after another installation housing American forces was similarly targeted. Syria’s al-Watan daily reported the attack on Sunday, identifying the target as the U.S.’s outpost in the al-Omar Oilfield in the eastern Syrian Province of Dayr al-Zawr. The paper said the incident saw multiple rockets being fired against the facility. Columns of smoke and fire began to billow from the base following the attack, the daily said, adding that American copters were seen loitering over the outpost in the immediate aftermath of the attack. Reporting from the area,…