Officials: Iran behind attack on US base in Syria: Pentagon spokesman John Kirby!

Washington: U.S. officials say they believe Iran was behind the drone attack last week at the military outpost in southern Syria where American troops are based.
  
Officials said Monday the U.S. believes that Iran resourced and encouraged the attack, but that the drones were not launched from Iran. They were Iranian drones, and Iran appears to have facilitated their use, officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss details that have not been made public.
  
Officials said they believe the attacks involved as many as five drones laden with explosive charges, and that they hit both the U.S. side of al-Tanf garrison and the side where Syrian opposition forces stay.
  
There were no reported injuries or deaths as a result of the attack. 
  
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby declined to provide details when asked about the report during a news conference Monday. He called it a “complex, coordinated and deliberate attack” and said the U.S. has seen similar ones before from Shia militia groups that are backed by Iran. But he would not go into specifics and said he had no update on the munitions used in the attack.
  
Kirby also declined to say if troops were warned ahead of time or whether the U.S. intends to make a military response.
  
“The protection and security of our troops overseas remains a paramount concern for the secretary,” Kirby said, referring to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, “and that if there is to be a response, it will be at a time and a place and a manner of our choosing, and we certainly won't get ahead of those kinds of decisions.
Kirby also echoed remarks by the State Department about the situation in Sudan.
Sudan’s military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister. Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country’s shaky progress toward democracy.
  
Security forces opened fire on some of the crowds, and three protesters were killed, according to the Sudan Doctors’ Committee, which said 80 people were wounded. 
  
"We call on the military to unconditionally release and reinstate all detained civilians in order to allow the civilian led transition to continue its progress toward elections," Kirby said.  
"And we also call on the Sudanese security forces to respect the right of the Sudanese people to peacefully protest," he said.