The US military on Sunday launched another round of airstrikes against two facilities linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its allied groups in eastern Syria, officials said.
The latest series of airstrikes ordered by President Biden came in response to sustained attacks on US soldiers at bases in Iraq and Syria, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.
“The President has no higher priority than the safety of American personnel, and he directed today’s action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests,” Austin said.
The latest series of airstrikes was in response to sustained attacks on US soldiers at bases in Iraq and Syria, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.
The attacks targeted a training center near Abu Kamal and a safe house near Mayadin.
One site included weapons storage, a U.S. official told the Associated Press.
Militant groups, many of them backed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, have attacked nearly 50 bases housing US personnel in Iraq and Syria since October 17.
This is the third time the United States has responded with airstrikes. This image from video provided by the Department of Defense shows an airstrike on Nov. 8, 2023, on a weapons warehouse, center, in eastern Syria.AP
So far, 56 US personnel have been injured (a combination of traumatic brain injury and other minor injuries) in the attacks, but all have returned to duty.
Sunday’s airstrikes are the third time in two weeks that the United States has retaliated against militants in Middle Eastern countries for attacks on bases.
Violence in the region has increased since the October 7 attack carried out by Hamas against Israel. In response, the Jewish state has launched a retaliatory military campaign against the terrorist group in Gaza.
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