BEIRUT, November 7. /TASS/. The US Armed Forces servicemen present at a military base under their control near the Koniko gas field in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province came under fire, Al Mayadeen TV channel reported, citing sources.

According to them, the sound of explosions was heard in the area of the base.

No information about the details of the attack or its aftermath was provided.

On October 31, Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder said there had been a total of 27 attacks on US bases in the region since October 17: 16 in Iraq and 11 in Syria. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin demanded an end to strikes on the US forces in the Middle East, carried out, in his view, with Iranian support. Austin said 21 service members were lightly wounded in those sorties.