6 Kurdish Fighters Reportedly Killed in Fresh Drone Attack on US Base in Syria

Attack comes days after wide-ranging US strikes on multiple targets in Iraq and Syria said to be linked to Iran-backed militia groups.

U.S. Soldiers in the 4th Battalion provide M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles for support to Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) eastern Syria on Nov. 10, 2019. Spc. DeAndre Pierce/U.S. Army Reserve

A drone attack on a U.S. military installation in eastern Syria has reportedly killed at least six fighters linked to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led fighting force aligned with the United States.

“Six of our fighters were martyred in a terrorist attack by a suicide drone originating from areas controlled by Syrian regime mercenaries,” the SDF said in a Feb. 5 statement.