American and allied forces in Syria have been focused Monday in an assault that didn’t trigger casualties, a US official stated, after a militant group claimed to have launched drones at Washington’s troops.

Armed factions near Iran have threatened to assault US pursuits over Washington’s assist for Israel since Hamas militants killed greater than 1,400 individuals in a shock cross-border assault from Gaza on October 7.

Israel’s retaliatory bombardment of Gaza has killed greater than 5,000 individuals, in accordance with the Gaza well being ministry.

“An attack against US and coalition forces occurred early this morning in Syria. There were no injuries or damage,” a US protection official stated, referring to the worldwide coalition towards the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.

The US official didn’t present specifics on the assault, however a gaggle calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq stated earlier within the day that it had launched drones towards American forces at Al-Tanf and Al-Malikiyah in Syria.

The similar group additionally claimed to have focused US troops in Iraq on Saturday — an assault the United States stated it couldn’t verify — whereas American forces shot down two drones within the nation final week.

The United States has some 900 troops in Syria and a couple of,500 in Iraq as a part of efforts to fight IS, which as soon as held vital territory in each nations however was pushed again by native forces supported by worldwide air strikes.