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Airstrikes overnight onto locations in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard, and quote, affiliated groups. Defense secretary lloyd austin saying in a statement that the stripes were a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. That began just over a week ago. And in those instances, millicent used drones and rockets to attack multiple u. S. Installations in the region. The pentagon says those attacks left 21 americans with minor injuries. One u. S. Contractor died of a cardiac event. Now there is a precedent here. The u. S. Is launched similar Aitrikes Including Last March One another u. S. Contractor was syria. By a malicious drone Defense Secretary austin described the launch aquote, selfdefen ....
Militia groups. That began just over a week ago. Now, in those instances, militants used drones and rockets to attack multiple u. S. Installations in the region. The pentagon says those attacks left 21 americans with minor injuries, one u. S. Contractor died of a cardiac van. There is a precedent here. The u. S. Has launched similar airstrikes in syria, including last march, when another u. S. Contractor was killed by a Militia Drone in syria. Defense Secretary Austin described the overnights strikes as quote, selfdefense. And in his statement, called them separate and distinct from the israel hamas conflict. But of course, iran is a backer of hamas. All of it putting u. S. Forces in a delicate position, trying to protect personnel while avoiding a larger war in the middle east. As Secretary Austin put it in his state ....