Al Omar
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Al Omar is a gas field near Deir El-Zor in Syria and an illegal US base of the same name where forces of the SDF are hosted together with US soldiers. On February 5, 2024, a strike for which Iraq's PMU claimed responsibility as retaliation for the retaliation for the attack on Tower22 killed 7 SDF fighters and wounded 18, according to the SOHR. US casualties were not reported.
There have been multiple reports of insurgents attacks on the base in the period from 7 Nov. 2023 to (at least) February 8, 2024
Links
- 7 Kurdish SDF forces killed in Iran-linked attack on Syria base housing US troops, Al Monitor, February 5, 2024
- See also: US airstrike, February 7, 2018 on PMC forces near Hisham (Khasham) village (map)