US-backed Kurdish fighters killed in drone strike on US base in Syria
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6JD13)
Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iranian-backed militia, claims attack after at least six fighters killed
At least six US-backed Kurdish fighters have been killed in a drone strike on a US base in eastern Syria claimed by Iranian-backed militia that on Friday was the target of US airstrikes.
The deaths are the latest indicator of how conflict is seeping across the Middle East since the beginning of the war in Gaza, with ever less predictable consequences for regional stability.
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