{"id":79814,"date":"2024-08-14T17:45:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/08\/14\/eight-us-troops-injured-in-attack-on-base-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:24:25","slug":"eight-us-troops-injured-in-attack-on-base-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/08\/14\/eight-us-troops-injured-in-attack-on-base-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight US troops injured in attack on base in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eight American service members were treated for injuries after an air attack drone struck a facility at the Rumalyn Landing Zone American base in Syria on Friday, according to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder initially told reporters that \u201cseveral\u201d U.S. and coalition personnel had been injured, though none of them seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, eight U.S. troops have been evacuated for medical tests and treated for traumatic brain injury and smoke inhalation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three out of those eight have since returned to their posts, and the rest remain under observation, Ryder said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn\u2019t offer any further details on who was behind the attack in Syria, where about 900 U.S. personnel remain as part of a coalition to counter the Islamic State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such positions have repeatedly come under attack by Iran-backed militias since the Palestinian militant group Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and Israel\u2019s subsequent military operations in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\t