Pro-government forces in Syria once again tried to break into the oil and gas fields in Dair al-Zor, but retreated after the strikes of the US Air Force. This was reported on Tuesday by the Turkish news agency "Anadolu".

The correspondent of the agency in Deir ez Zor reports that four days ago, the "pro-Iranian factions" entered the Salihia region controlled by the Syrian Kurds from the Party of the Democratic Union (PDS) and subjected the area of ??the gas field "Koniko" to rocket and artillery fire, and then seized 22 oil and gas Place of Birth.

On the eve of 23:00 the US Air Force struck blows on positions of groupings in the Salihiy area, after which they were forced to retreat, the agency said.. It recalls that the first such attempt was made by pro-government forces in early February. Then the US Air Force planes also hit them.

Earlier, the US Central Command reported that on February 7, the American coalition retaliated after the headquarters of the "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) was attacked by the pro-government forces of Syria.

As a result of the American attack near Deir-ez-Zor on February 7, 11 to 450 Russian citizens were killed. According to the Russian military source of the publication, the incident was caused by the attempt of local "big businessmen, currently supporting Bashar Assad", to seize oil and gas fields controlled by the Kurds, the US allies.