An official said the base has a “small number” of coalition forces, including members of the US military. Several of the missiles failed to launch and were recovered by US-led coalition forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces. Earlier on Monday, several drones were repelled in an attack near the At-Tanf base in southern Syria. US-led coalition forces pushed back all but one of the drones that blew up in an area used by Maghaweir al-Thowra partner forces, but caused no injuries. The coalition did not say who was responsible for any of Monday’s attacks. However, Iranian-backed militias in the region have frequently targeted US troops in Syria and Iraq. In January, Iranian-backed forces fired eight rockets at Green Village, causing minor damage to the base and a nearby mosque. The US maintains about 900 troops in Syria, largely split between the At-Tanf base and the country’s eastern oil fields. In January, the US military carried out raids in Syria after indirect fire posed what a US-led coalition official called an “imminent threat” to troops near Green Village. While there was no specific attribution for the indirect fire, then-Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the US continued to see threats against US forces in the region from Iranian-backed militias. “Just in the last few days, there have been acts committed by some of these groups that validate the ongoing concerns we’ve had about the safety and security of our people,” Kirby said at a news conference in January.
