Iran on Sunday rejected a European offer to hold direct talks with the US about salvaging the 2015 nuclear accord. President Joe Biden is seen left. Iran President Hassan Rouhani is seen on the right.
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Before-and-after satellite images have revealed the devastation caused to a Syrian militia compound by the first military action of President Biden s administration.
The US dropped seven 500lbs bombs on the site - which was used by two Iranian-backed Shia militia groups - killing an estimated 22 fighters.
Images taken before the blast shows the large compound - located around 370 yards from the Iraqi border - with around a dozen buildings inside it.
But after Thursday s attack all the buildings have been obliterated and there is a sea of blackened dirt and debris spreading into the surrounding desert.
Despite the devastating scene, Pentagon sources told CCN the attack was the more restrained option which they took to draw a line with the Iranians after smuggled weapons injured American troops and killed a contractor.
Israeli-owned cargo ship Helios Ray was sailing in the Gulf of Oman on Friday
It was hit by an unexplained blast, renewing concerns over tensions in the region
The site of the blast saw a series of explosions in 2019 that the US blamed on Iran
Tehran denied the accusations, which came after Trump abandoned Tehran s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and reimposed harsh sanctions on Iran
The explosion came after the US hit Iran-backed militia targets with an air strike
President Biden s airstrike in Syria reportedly killed 22 Iran-backed fighters
Biden and his press chief attacked Trump s military action in the Middle East
April 2017, Psaki wrote: Assad is brutal dictator. But Syria is a sovereign country
Biden, in June 2019, called Trump erratic and impulsive over tensions with Iran No president should order a military strike without fully understanding the consequences, he said. Trump, in fact, pulled out of those air strikes