Biden orders airstrikes on Iran-backed militias near Iraq-Syria border
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Replay Video UP NEXT President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes this weekend on Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to unmanned aerial vehicle attacks, according to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. At President Biden s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, Kirby said in a statement Sunday. The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.
Biden orders airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq
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WASINGTON, DC President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes Sunday evening on Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to unmanned aerial vehicle attacks, according to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. At President Biden s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, Kirby said in a statement Sunday. The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.
Biden orders airstrikes on Iran-backed militias near Iraq-Syria border in response to UAV attacks
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President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes this weekend on Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to unmanned aerial vehicle attacks, according to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. At President Biden s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, Kirby said in a statement Sunday. The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.
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President Biden on Sunday ordered precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a statement.
The targets were facilities that militias were using to engage in drone attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq, the DOD said. They targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two spots in Syria and one in Iraq, all near the border of both countries.
“The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message,” said Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby.