 Pentagon, 27 attacks target U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked with drones or rockets at least 27 times in recent days. As more U.S. forces deploy to the region, Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Reiter said.At least seven of these attacks were launched after U.S. forces in the early morning hours of Friday struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups, the U.S. strikes were in response to. Other attacks on U.S. forces and were narrowly tailored to protect and defend U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement, none of the attacks carried out since the U.S. retaliatory strikes has caused casualties or damage, according to defense officials, Reiter and other officials have blamed Iranian-backed proxies for the near-daily attacks on U.S. forces.