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Late on September 3, a series of explosions rocked the US-led coalition Green Village base that is located in al-Omar oil fields in the northeastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor.
Fire and columns of smoke were reportedly seen rising from the base after the explosions, which were allegedly the result of an indirect fire attack. Coalition drones also flew over al-Omar oil fields and other parts of the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
The US-led coalition is yet to clarify what exactly happened at the Green Village base. Usually, the coalition acknowledges any attacks on its bases in Syria within 24 hours.
The mysterious explosions came just three days after a large-scale Israeli aerial attack on Syria that targeted the airports of Aleppo and Damascus. The attack wounded five service members and caused considerable material losses.
If confirmed, the attack on the Green Village base could be a response by Iranian-backed forces in Syria to the last wave of Israeli strikes.
A recent report by the New York Times said that Damascus and its allies, who are known as the “Axis of Resistance,” have agreed to respond to Israeli strikes by attacking US bases in Syria.
Iranian-backed forces have already responded to a series of Israeli strikes that hit air defense bases in Tartus and Damascus on August 14 by targeting the US-led coalition garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf with a number of suicide drones on the very next day. However, the drone attack led to a confrontation with the coalition, who responded less than ten days later by striking positions of Iranian-backed forces in Deir Ezzor.
A new attack on one of the coalition bases in Syria is guaranteed to provoke a fierce response from the US, who appears to be determined to deter the Axis of Resistance.
