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US Strikes Targets in Iraq, Syria Used by Iranian-Backed Militias Voice of America 29 Jun 2021, 08:05 GMT+10 PENTAGON - A rocket attack targeted U.S. forces in Syria Monday, hours after the U.S. military said it struck three targets near the border between Syria and Iraq used by Iranian-backed militias to carry out drone attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities. "At approx. 7:44 PM local time, U.S. Forces in Syria were attacked by multiple rockets. There are no injuries, and damage is being assessed," U.S. Colonel Wayne Marotto, the spokesman for the international military intervention agains...

US troops in Syria attacked after airstrikes There was no indication that Sunday's attacks were meant as the start of a wider, sustained U.S. air campaign in the border region Author: President Joe Biden participates in a conference phone call with governors Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) There was no indication that Sunday's attacks were meant as the start of a wider, sustained U.S. air campaign in the border region Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. troops in eastern Syria ca...

U.S. troops in Syria come under attack after strikes against Iran-backed militias By Eleanor Watson No injuries in rocket attack on U.S. troops in Syria U.S. troops based at an oil field in northeastern Syria came under rocket attack Monday, one day after U.S. jets launched airstrikes on facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the Iraq-Syria border region. There are no injuries and damage is being assessed. "We will provide updates when we have more information," Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Colonel Wayne Marotto tweeted Monday afternoon. U.S. forces used...

USStrikes Back After Rocket Attack in Syria Voice of America 29 Jun 2021, 10:35 GMT+10 PENTAGON - U.S. troops in Syria have returned fire after a rocket attack targeted American forces there Monday, according to a military spokesman. "U.S. Forces in Syria, while under multiple rocket attack, acted in self-defense and conducted counter-battery artillery fire at rocket launching positions," U.S. Colonel Wayne Marotto, the spokesman for the international military intervention against Islamic State, wrote on Twitter. The rockets targeted a military base in Deir ez-Zour known as Green Village, mul...

On Sunday, the Pentagon announced that it had carried out two strikes in Syria and one in Iraq on facilities used by a pair of militias known as Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada. The why: The Pentagon said the targets were “operational and weapons storage” facilities the militia used for drone strikes against U.S. personnel and facilities. U.S. military officials have been sounding the alarm on militia drone strikes for months. “They believe they can carry out attacks at a fairly low level that won’t provoke a response, yet will create enough friction that will eventual...