Iraqi resistance group claims responsibility for attack on US base in Syria

By Rania Abu Shamala

ISTANBUL (AA) – An Iraqi resistance group claimed responsibility on Sunday for this weekend’s drone attack on the Al-Tanf US base in Syria, which killed three US soldiers and wounded dozens.

The group, called Islamic Resistance, stated that it launched an attack on the “Ash Shaddadi and Rukban bases in Syria, as well as the Zvulon naval facility in occupied Palestine, in response to the massacres committed by the Zionist entity (Israel) against our people in Gaza.”

The group added that it will continue its attacks on the “strongholds of the enemies.”

Three US service members were killed and 28 injured in the attack on the Al-Tanf US military base near the Jordanian-Syrian border, American and Jordanian officials said Sunday.

US President Joe Biden said in a statement: “Today, America’s heart is heavy. Last night, three U.S. service members were killed – and many wounded – during an unmanned aerial drone attack on our forces stationed in northeast Jordan near the Syria border."

“While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq,” he added.

Jordanian officials said the attack was not on their soil, but in a border area of Syria, one outside control of the Assad regime.​​​​​​​