Al-Tanf

U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week.

Two drones were shot down Monday during an attempted attack on a base housing US forces in Syria, the Pentagon said, after a militant group claimed to have targeted American troops.

This was stated by the Deputy Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Warring Parties, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov.
"At 07:34 on July 26, at an altitude of 6,200 meters in the El-Bab area, the MQ-9 drone of the 'coalition' again came dangerously close to a pair of Su-35 and Su-34 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces," Gurinov said.

U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias that targeted American troops this month and several other times over the past year, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Washington is "prepared to react" if Tehran launches an attack to mark the first anniversary of the killing of powerful Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the head of U.S. forces in the Middle East warned on Dec. 20.     

Aссording to the Turkish newspaper Yeni Akit, the United States has deployed 600 troops in the international coalition's base in At-Tanf in Syria, adjacent to the Iraqi border.