"Deadly Drone Strike Targets US Base in Syria, Killing Kurdish Fighters Amid Rising Tensions"

A deadly drone attack struck a military base in eastern Syria housing US troops, killing at least six allied Kurdish soldiers. The US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initially blamed "Syrian regime-backed mercenaries" but later accused "Iran-backed militias." The attack came after the US launched strikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq, and against Houthi targets in Yemen. The Islamic Resistance, an umbrella group of Iran-backed Iraqi militias, claimed responsibility for the attack. Houthi rebels vowed "escalation" in reaction to the strikes, and the US Defense Department identified the three deceased soldiers as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett.