US says air strikes on Iran-backed group ‘successful’
Defence Secretary Mark Esper does not rule out additional action after successful air strikes against a pro-Iran militant group in Iraq and Syria. – EPA pic, December 30, 2019.
UNITED States Defence Secretary Mark Esper yesterday said air strikes against a pro-Iran militant group in Iraq and Syria succeeded, and did not rule out additional action “as necessary”. “The strikes were successful. The pilots and aircraft returned back to base safely,” Esper told reporters after F-15 jet fighters hit five targets associated with Kata’ib Hezbollah in Western Iraq and Eastern Syria.
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