A look at the US military mission in Syria and its dangers

WASHINGTON: When an Iranian drone struck a US base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and wounding several US troops, it was just the latest in a growing number of attacks on American forces in Syria. But its lethality was rare. In most recent cases, no US forces have been hurt in such attacks.
The strike on Thursday — by a small, suicide drone — set off a series of retaliatory bombings, and the top US commander for the Middle East, Gen. Erik Kurilla, quickly warned that the US…