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U.S. forces in eastern Syria were targeted in a rocket attack Friday morning,

in tit-for-tat strikes between the U.S. and militia groups supported by Iran, the Pentagon said.

In the attack, "10 rockets targeted coalition forces at the Green Village in northeast Syria," U.S.

Central Command said in a news release issued Friday.

The strike did not cause damages or injuries to U.S. forces or their partners

the command said. But it added that one rocket landed nearly five kilometers off-target,

"striking a civilian house, causing significant damage and causing minor injuries to two women and two children."

Thursday's drone attack left 1 dead The latest incident came just a day after a militia drone strike killed a U.S. contractor,

injured five American service members and wounded one other contractor in Syria, the Defense Department said.

Intelligence sources say the drone, which struck a U.S. base near Hasakah, was made by Iran, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

The drone in Thursday's deadly attack struck a maintenance facility at the base around 1:38 p.m. local time,

Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said at a news briefing Friday.