Syria: FSA militants open fire on US convoy transports on a highway near the border town of Tell Tamer on November 3 but cause no casualties.

"Through the conflict mediation line, we received information that the pro-Turkish Syrian Liberation Army (FSA) group today opened fire on a convoy of US troops moving on M4 motorways. towards the Iraqi border, 6 km west of Tell Tamer town. There were no casualties during the shooting, "said Major General Yuri Borenkov, commander of the Russian Mediation Center in Syria, on November 3.

The M4 motorway, which runs parallel to the Syrian-Turkish border, is now controlled by Turkish troops and FSA militants after Ankara launched the Spring Peace campaign to drive Kurdish militia out of the border buffer zone. . The US military has yet to comment on this information.

The shooting came as US troops continued to withdraw from northern Syria to Iraq at the behest of President Donald Trump. However, US military convoys are still operating in the area following the declaration of withdrawal, including patrols in the towns of Qahtaniyah and al-Malikiyah.

Trump in early October announced the withdrawal of all troops from Syria, but later changed his mind, deciding to leave a force to guard oil fields in the northeastern part of the country. About 10 M2A2 Bradley armored vehicles and several dozen US troops were deployed to Deir ez-Zor province on October 31.

Oil and gas production facilities in eastern Syria are controversial as the United States threatens to attack all forces seeking access, including Russian and Syrian troops. The Russian Defense Ministry accused "the US seized and controlled Syrian oil fields by force" and called it "state-level robbery".