At least five Kurdish fighters killed while attacking US base in eastern Syria — TV report

A military base controlled by the US armed forces, located near the El Omar oil field in Deir ez-Zor Province in eastern Syria, was attacked by Kurdish forces, some of whose fighters were killed, Sky News Arabia reports.

According to the news outlet, at least five fighters of the Kurdish Forces of Democratic Syria (SDF) were killed in the attack. It is claimed that "Iraqi formations" were behind the attack, but no specific information about the circumstances of the incident were provided.