The US military said it carried out precision airstrikes in eastern Syria on Thursday in response to a drone attack that killed one American contractor. theSun theSundaily USA Syria droneattack drone news
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that at the direction of President Joe Biden, he had authorised “precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps”/Reuters pic: The US military said it carried out precision airstrikes in eastern Syria on Thursday in response to a drone attack that killed one American contractor and injured five US service personnel.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that at the direction of President Joe Biden, he had authorised “precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.” The US troops support the Syrian Democratic Forces , the Kurds’ de facto army in the area, which led the battle that dislodged IS from the last scraps of their Syrian territory in 2019.
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