March 2023 northeastern Syria clashes

2023 Northeastern Syria clashes
	Part of the American-led intervention and Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war
Date	23–24 March 2023; (1 day);
Location	Northeastern Syria Al-Hasakah Governorate; Deir ez-Zor Governorate;
Result	Retaliation strikes between Iranian-backed militias and the United States
Belligerents
United States	Iranian-backed militias; Iran; Syria
Units involved
US Army; US Air Force	Liwa Al-Ghaliboun; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Syrian Armed Forces
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 25 injured	8 killed (Pentagon claim) 19 killed (SOHR claim)

On March 23, 2023, at 1:38 p.m. local time (UTC+03:00), a kamikaze drone allegedly of Iranian origin struck a coalition base at Abu Hajar Airport near Rmelan, al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. As a response, The US military carried out a series of attacks using F-15 Fighters at the direction of President Joe Biden. On 24 March 2023, two retaliatory strikes at near oil and gas fields known as Conoco in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor by multiple rockets and at Green Village (US military base) by three drones targeted US and coalition forces.

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