CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Projectiles

launched in the direction of a U.S. airbase in a gas field in

Syria's Deir al-Zor province did not hit the facility, two U.S.

officials said on Tuesday.

Earlier, a security source told Reuters that Iran-backed

militia targeted the base with six shells, all of which fell in

the vicinity of the U.S. base, adding that the U.S.-led

coalition responded to the attack with artillery.

The U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity,

said the projectiles did not hit the base and there were no

injuries. The official cited initial reports that can change.

Lebanese pro-Iranian television channel Al Mayadeen said

U.S. warplanes were flying intensely in the skies of Deir al-Zor

countryside following the attack.

ConocoPhillips ( COP ) said it was aware of reports of

damage to a U.S. and coalition base in eastern Syria bearing the

name Conoco, but its assets in Syria were divested in the early

2000s.

On Tuesday, the Pentagon said eight U.S. service members

were injured in a drone attack on a base in Syria last week.