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 (2023-03-23 2023-03-24)
    (1 day)
Location
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.