U.S. strikes trucks on Syrian-Iraqi border

DAMASCUS: U.S. airstrikes hit truckloads of construction materials on the Syrian-Iraqi border early Monday, followed by retaliatory shelling on a U.S. military base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour, media reports said.

According to the Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV, seven trucks transporting construction materials were targeted by U.S. bombings in eastern Syria, near the border with Iraq.

In response, 15 rockets were fired, likely by pro-Iran fighters operating in the area, targeting a U.S. base in the al-Omar oil field in the outskirts of Deir al-Zour, said the report.

Meanwhile, there were reports of explosions at a U.S. base in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province on Sunday night.

-Xinhua