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thanks, greg. greg: you got it. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the u.s. strikes back hitting iran-backed proxies carrying out a series of airstrikes today in eastern syria. this, as houthi militants have shot down an american reaper drone off the coast of yemen. that follows dozens of recent attacks we have been telling you about against facilities housing u.s. troops. this is increasing. another pushback by the u.s. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. good evening, jennifer. jenngood evening bret. new airstrikes against iranian targets in northeastern syria. we now have a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin, quote: today at president biden s direction, u.s. military forces conducted a self-defense strike on a facility in eastern syria used by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. the irgc, and affiliated groups. this strike was conducted by two u.s. f-15s against a w ....

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