{"id":127064,"date":"2022-06-22T10:30:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=127064"},"modified":"2022-06-22T10:30:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:30:48","slug":"american-airman-arrested-in-connection-with-april-attack-on-us-base-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=127064","title":{"rendered":"American airman arrested in connection with April attack on US base in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Air Force Times is reporting<\/a> on the arrest of an American airman in regards to an “insider attack” on a Syrian facility that resulted in the injury of four American servicemen.<\/p>\n

Military law enforcement on June 16 arrested an American airman as part of an ongoing investigation into an insider attack on a small U.S. base in northern Syria that injured four service members in April, CNN reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn airman was taken into custody stateside in conjunction with the attack in Green Village, Syria,\u201d Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek told CNN. \u201cAfter reviewing the information in the investigation, the airman\u2019s commander made the decision to place him in pretrial confinement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stefanek did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Air Force Times Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

She declined to disclose the airman\u2019s name unless he is charged in military court, which could come in the next few weeks, according to CNN. Stefanek has not provided the man\u2019s unit, career field or whether he was an active duty member, or where he is being held.<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command has described Green Village in northeast Syria as a \u201cSyrian Democratic Forces base with a small coalition advisory presence.\u201d It\u2019s unclear which airmen work out of that post.<\/p>\n

On April 14, one week after the attack, Operation Inherent Resolve officials announced that the explosions were not caused by indirect fire on the installation, but \u201cthe deliberate placement of explosive charges \u2026 at an ammunition holding area and shower facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

CNN previously reported that the explosives were more powerful than hand grenades, but did not specify what type of weapon was used. Stefanek did not answer whether the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Army\u2019s Criminal Investigation Division are looking into any other suspects.<\/p>\n

The service members who were injured in the blast were treated for traumatic brain injuries and returned to work. They are among approximately 900 American troops who remain in Syria to back government opponents in the ongoing civil war there, now in its 11th year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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