A war monitor reports on Wednesday said US forces, positioned along with their Syrian Kurdish allies in eastern Syria, are on alert following the overnight Iranian missile attacks in neighbouring Iraq. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said US forces were conducting heavy patrols near the Koniko oil field north-east of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria. Militiamen from the US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces were also seen atop armoured vehicles with missile launchers also patrolling the area, the Britain-based monitor added. The number of U.S. soldiers in war-torn Syria is not clear. But, the observatory head, Rami Abdel-Rahman said “only hundreds are left in Syria’’.

Source: Punch January 08, 2020 13:07 UTC