Are Iran-backed militias turning their drones against Syria’s Kurds?
Syria’s Kurdish-led militia has increasingly found itself in the crosshairs of attacks by Iran-backed militias amid tit-for-tat strikes between US forces and Iran’s proxies.
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WASHINGTON — One hundred and seventy.
That’s the Pentagon’s official count for the number of rocket, drone and ballistic missile salvos that have landed at or near US military outposts in Iraq and Syria since Israel’s war in Gaza began in October 2023.
Many of the barrages consist of only one or two rockets. Most have missed their ostensible targets; dozens of others have been knocked out of the sky by US counter-drone missiles or electronic warfare systems.
