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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that the American intelligence community had determined the drone was of Iranian origin, but offered no...

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The US retaliated with precision airstrikes against facilities in Syria

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has been suspected of bomb-carrying drone attacks across the wider Middle East.

A U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one other contractor were wounded when a suspected Iranian drone hit a base in Syria.

BEIRUT (AP) — A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said.

A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said. American forces said they retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in Syria targeting facilities used by groups affiliated with Irans Revolutionary Guard, with activist groups saying the U.S. bombing killed at least four people.

American forces said they retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in Syria targeting facilities used by groups affiliated with Irans Revolutionary Guard. One activist group reported that US strikes killed fighters on the ground. -- aaa

A suspected Iranian drone strike killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five service members and another contractor at a coalition base in Syria, according to the Pentagon.

U.S. forces retaliated against groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the Pentagon said. Activists said the U.S. bombing killed at least four people.