The main air defense system at a coalition military base in Northeast Syria was not working earlier this week when one American contractor was killed after a suspected Iranian drone struck the base.
Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest on the attack and retaliatory measures on 'The Story.'
Troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces Special Operations and the U.S.-led anti-jihadist coalition take part in heavy-weaponry military exercises in the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, on March 25, 2022.In testimony on the Hill Thursday, Gen. Erik Kurilla said in that Iranian-backed forces have been behind 78 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria since January 2021.
U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicles patrol in the Suwaydiyah oil fields in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on February 13, 2021.
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