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The Washington Post reported, today Friday that the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came under mortar and artillery fire by an “unknown aggressor” near the Syrian city of Deir-e-Zour, a known Islamic State redoubt.
Officials from Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement Friday:
“The hostile force engaged the SDF with artillery, and the SDF responded in self-defense, resulting in the destruction of one artillery piece.”
Friday’s attack comes amid growing tensions between the U.S., Iran, Israel and Syria, which have boiled over in recent days.
The attack in Deir-e-Zour comes a day after Israeli warplanes carried out a barrage of airstrikes against military sites in Syria tied to Iranian-backed regime forces in the country Thursday.
Reporting by: Carlo Munoz for the Washington Post