Washington:
American forces on Tuesday carried out strikes in opposition to targets linked to an Iranian-backed militia in Syria in response to a rocket assault on Washington’s troops within the nation, the US navy stated.
The strikes focused the group’s “weapons storage and logistics headquarters facility… in response to a rocket assault on US personnel,” the US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated in a put up on social media that didn’t determine the militia by identify.
“There was no harm to US amenities and no accidents to US or companion forces in the course of the assault,” CENTCOM stated.
Yesterday, US forces bombed 9 targets related to Iranian-backed teams in response to current drone and rocket assaults, in accordance with the Pentagon.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, stated the Monday strikes killed 4 members of teams loyal to Iran.
The US navy has round 900 troops in Syria and a couple of,500 in Iraq as a part of the worldwide coalition that was established in 2014 to assist fight the Islamic State jihadist group.
Since conflict broke out within the Gaza Strip after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, pro-Iran teams have repeatedly focused US forces in Iraq and Syria in response to Washington’s assist for Israel.
America has on a number of events responded to such assaults with strikes on Iran-backed teams.
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