Rockets Target US Troops in Syria Day After US Strikes, No Casualties Reported

An armoured personnel carrier, part of a U.S. military convoy, patrols in the countryside of Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border on Feb. 18, 2023. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. troops stationed in eastern Syria came under rocket attack on Friday, a day after U.S. forces conducted retaliatory air strikes on Iranian forces operating in Syria.

The barrage of eight rockets targeted U.S. troops stationed near the Al-Omar oil fields in Syria’s Deir ez-Zur province at around 8:05 a.m. local time.