US authorities say strikes were carried out on President Biden s instructions in response to recent attacks on US troops in Iraq. Reuters/File
The United States military struck facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed armed groups on Thursday, saying President Joe Biden s new administration was sending Tehran a message after recent rocket attacks on US troop locations in Iraq.
In its first military action against Iran-backed groups since Biden became president five weeks ago, the US Defence Department said it had carried out airstrikes at a Syria-Iraq border control point used by those groups, destroying multiple facilities .
“At President Biden s direction, US military forces earlier this evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilised by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria,” said spokesman John Kirby in a statement.
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