Rocket attacks were carried out in and around the Kuniko gas field, where US forces are stationed, in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria.
According to the information obtained by the AA correspondent from local sources, rocket attacks were carried out on the Kuniko gas field, where US forces are stationed, from the regions where Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups are present in Deir ez-Zor.
Sources stated that the rockets were fired from Bukemal, east of Deir ez-Zor, where Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups are present.
Military points belonging to the US and coalition forces in Syria are occasionally targeted with rocket attacks from regions where Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups are present.
On March 25, Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups launched rocket attacks on the Omar oil and Kuniko gas fields.
THE PRESENCE OF IRAN SUPPORTED GROUPS IN DEYRISOR
Deir ez-Zor is the city that provides the land connection from Iran to Lebanon. Pipelines and trade routes from Iraq and Jordan also pass through this city.
Deir ez-Zor city center and its west fell into the hands of the Assad regime after the withdrawal of Daesh in November 2017 with the help of Iran-backed groups and Russia.
Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups, which have become the ground power of the regime, are heavily present in Deir ez-Zor.
The Iranian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Afghan and Pakistani groups stationed in Deir ez-Zor, where Sunni Arabs live, are commanded by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Army.
The territory of Deir ez-Zor to the east of the Euphrates River is occupied by the US-backed terrorist organization PKK/YPG. (AA)