21 US forces have suffered minor injuries
Washington: The US military carried out strikes against two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and groups it backs, the Pentagon said on Thursday, in response to a spate of attacks against US forces in both Iraq and Syria, a Reuters report in The Tribbune, Chandigarh, says
As tensions soar following the Israel-Hamas conflict, US and coalition troops have been attacked at least 19 times in Iraq and in Syria by Iran-backed forces in the past week.
A total of 21 US forces have suffered minor injuries.
“These precision self-defence strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17,” US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.
The strikes were ordered by President Joe Biden.
“These Iranian-backed attacks against US forces are unacceptable and must stop,” Austin said in the statement.
“If attacks by Iran’s proxies against US forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further necessary measures to protect our people.”
The targets were weapons and munitions storage facilities, the official added, speaking late on Thursday to reporters in Washington.
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