![]() The Syrian war monitor added that two other fighters were killed in a US attack on a post near the town of Mayadeen and another strike killed three at a military post near the town of Boukamal along the border with Iraq. “No group will strike our troops with impunity.”Īccording to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, six Iran-backed fighters were killed in the US attack in the eastern city of Deir Az Zor. “As President Biden has made clear, we will take all necessary measures to defend our people and will always respond at a time and place of our choosing,” the defence secretary said in a statement. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said the US then targeted groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, adding that he authorised the retaliatory raids at the direction of US President Joe Biden. ![]() US intelligence assessed the attacking drone was Iranian in origin. The US raids, which a United Kingdom-based war monitor said killed 11 pro-Iranian fighters, were in retaliation for a drone attack on Thursday against a US-led coalition base near Hassakeh in northeastern Syria at 1:38pm (10:38 GMT), the Pentagon said in a statement. ![]() The United States military has carried out multiple air strikes in eastern Syria against Iran-aligned groups that it blamed for a deadly drone attack that killed a contractor, injured another and wounded five US soldiers.Īlthough American forces stationed in Syria have been targeted by drones before, fatalities are rare.
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