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president and his team today retaliatory strike by the united states in syria, the pentagon says president biden authorized the strike after an american contractor was killed and five u. s service members injured in syria. the administration says the americans were attacked by a drone officials say came from iran. let s begin at the pentagon with cnn s oren liebermann or what are you learning about the u. s personnel involved here and how frequently attacks like this happen? the latest update we have on the u. s personnel involved here is that there were five service members injured. they are in stable condition. two of them were treated at the scene. three of them had to be taken to coalition medical facilities in iraq. there was also one other u. s contractor injured that, in addition, according to the pentagon to the one u. s contractor who was killed in this one way, you wavy attackers. suicide drone attack . the pentagon says the drone was of iranian origin, likely ....
contractor was killed and five u. s service members injured when an iranian made drone struck a base in northeastern syria. the us then retaliated with an air strike to the south. this is video posted online that reportedly captures the strike on one facility linked to iran s revolutionary guard in syria. cnn s natasha bertrand is at the pentagon for us, natasha what more are you learning? brianna will we are learning that those wounded u. s service members are now in stable condition and we are told that this drone the suspected iranian drone that targeted that coalition military base in northeastern syria, it was a quote suicide drone. it was used as a one and done type drone just to attack and then depart. and we are told that the us did retaliate. of course they did target facilities inside syria that they believe that the iranian proxy groups were using in order to store munitions as well as gather intelligence. and this is not the first time that the us has target ....
Have carried out drone or rocket attacks against the united states in the middle east, on an average of nearly one attack every 10 days since the start of 2021, while many people in much resources are kind of focused elsewhere, why is this happening in syria and iraq? well, clearly what iran wants to try to do is really extend its influence operations. i mean, that s what it s all about in general carillon. has just laid it out very, very pointedly and the magnitude of this challenge. we shouldn t find it surprising that with united states in syria and we ve been there a while, iran is looking to try to push us out and give us every reason to depart. but the united states is not going to do that. this is a counter isis mission that we are conducting. that s ungoverned space in syria totally ungoverned, and we know what happens when there s ungoverned space in the world. lot of bad things can start to be jinde up and then operations can be planned. and then we end up with a potential 9 ....
Iranian proxy groups were using in order to store munitions as well as gather intelligence. and this is not the first time that the us has targeted iranian proxy groups in the region. it has been done many times before , including as recently as august of 2022 when president biden ordered yet another strike on iranian groups in syria, but this is happening with with well this is happening very often now and that is what is really concerning to the united states because the us has about 900 u. s troops in syria, who are part of the anti isis coalition. and so the u. s has been trying to deter iran from carrying out these strikes. but at the same time the u. s. does not want an escalation with iran and they certainly do not want a war. here s what national security council spokesperson john kirby said this morning. we don t seek a war with iran. we re not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria. general cari ....