Media reports on Thursday indicated that Iraqi factions launched a drone attack targeting an American base in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) responded by stating that it reserves the right to retaliate at a time and place of its choosing if its forces are attacked in Iraq or Syria.
In recent days, an American military base located at the Conoco gas field, east of Deir ez-Zor city, has been subjected to a missile attack. Sources reported that violent explosions were heard at the American base, and flames were seen as a fire broke out at the location.
A leader of the Iraqi resistance stated that the attack involved Grad rockets targeting American forces stationed at the Conoco gas field in Syria.
