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U.S. reports drone strikes on Tanf base in Syria, no casualties

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Updated August 15, 2022 at 6:51 a.m. EDT|Published August 15, 2022 at 5:48 a.m. EDT
Soldiers file in for a briefing on a part of the base that houses U.S. Special Forces at the Tanf garrison compound in Syria on June 21. (Karoun Demirjian/The Washington Post)
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BEIRUT — U.S. forces reported an attack by drone aircraft on one of its outposts in a remote corner of Syria but said there had been no casualties or damage.

The statement said one of the unmanned aircraft was shot down while a second impacted in the compound without causing any damage to the base, which houses U.S. troops and their Syrian allies.