Two rocket attacks targeted the American base of al-Chaddadeh in northeastern Syria, south of the governorate of Hassaké on Friday evening, the American military command in the Middle East (Centcom) announced on Saturday.
The attack, which targeted the forces of the international coalition around 10:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. GMT), did not cause any casualties or damage to the base, according to the same source.
Centcom did not specify the origin of the shots, coming as Kurdish positions in northern Syria have been targeted by a series of Turkish airstrikes since last Sunday.
"
Attacks of this kind endanger the civilian population and coalition forces and undermine the hard-won security and stability of Syria and the region
," said Centcom spokesman Col. Joe Buccino.
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On November 17, the US military reported a rocket attack on a coalition base in al-Omar (east), where Syria's largest oil field is located.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), based in Great Britain, had estimated that the attack came from “
a base of pro-Iranian militias
”.
On Tuesday, a Turkish strike against a joint base of Kurdish forces and the international anti-jihadist coalition in northeastern Syria put American forces in danger, according to Centcom.
A Turkish drone bombed the base, killing two Kurdish fighters.
Turkish artillery fire also resumed on Friday against the province of Hassaké, according to the OSDH, which did not report casualties.
Turkey says it is determined to secure its border, claiming that the attack that left six dead and 81 injured in the heart of Istanbul on November 13 was ordered from Kobané, in northern Syria, which the Kurds have denied .
Ankara indicates that since November 20 it has targeted positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its allies of the People's Protection Units (YPG), the dominant component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF, an alliance dominated by the Kurds).
Supported by the international coalition led by the United States, the SDF had spearheaded the fight against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) driven from its strongholds in Syria in 2019.