{"id":926164,"date":"2026-08-10T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/iran-says-it-targeted-u-s-base-in-syria-as-strikes-expand\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T16:12:48","slug":"iran-says-it-targeted-u-s-base-in-syria-as-strikes-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/iran-says-it-targeted-u-s-base-in-syria-as-strikes-expand\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it targeted U.S. base in Syria as strikes expand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran\u2019s<\/a> Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> on Friday said its forces struck the al-Tanf air base<\/a> in southeastern Syria, in the first attack of its kind since the start of the U.S.-Iran war.<\/p>\n

The IRGC wrote in a statement carried by state-affiliated media that the strike targeted a U.S. command and control center at al-Tanf and was in retaliation for a strike on a barracks in the city of Iranshahr on Wednesday, which killed at least seven soldiers.<\/p>\n

The IRGC added that the attack had destroyed a radar system and killed several U.S. personnel.<\/p>\n

The Syrian military has not officially confirmed that Iran<\/a> had successfully struck the base. Some reports, citing unnamed military officials, said Iran\u2019s<\/a> assertion was false and that no attack had taken place.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if there were any U.S. military personnel at al-Tanf on Friday. In February, the U.S. military said it had completed a full withdrawal from the base in conjunction with a wider pullout of troops from Syria.<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command, which coordinates American military operations in the Middle East, has not commented on Iran\u2019s<\/a> assertion.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: U.S. strikes bridges and collapses a tower at a key port as its Iran campaign expands<\/p>\n

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If confirmed, the attack is the first time Iranian forces have launched an attack on Syrian territory since the start of the U.S.-Iran war in February. Iran<\/a> has since launched attacks on U.S. military assets in the region, including in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

After the collapse of a 60-day ceasefire earlier this month, Iran<\/a> and the U.S. have steadily expanded their attacks. Overnight, CENTCOM launched more strikes on Iranian military targets in the south while also hitting energy sites and civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Iran<\/a>, for its part, retaliated by hitting a U.S. military base in Qatar, a power station in Kuwait, Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq, a U.S. radar center in Oman and launching several missiles at targets in Jordan.<\/p>\n

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Vaughn Cockayne
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