- The stepped-up targeting of bases in eastern Syria by Iran-linked militias consisting mainly of Iraqi nationals has raised alarms once again about the country’s borders.
- Both host US-led coalition forces and have been subjected to repeated attacks in recent years from the western side of the Euphrates River under the control of Syrian government forces and their allies, mainly IRGC-led forces.
- The attacks in recent days across the border in Syria have targeted both SDF bases hosting coalition forces in the Arab province of Deir ez-Zor as well as the Tanf garrison held by the US-backed Syrian opposition forces Maghawir al-Thawra further south.
<span>Iran-linked attacks on US forces in Syria rekindle Iraq border concerns</span>
