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US conducts airstrikes against Iran-backed groups in Syria, retaliating for attacks on US troops
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It marks the third time in about two weeks that the U.S. has retaliated against the militants for the growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops.
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US F-15s bombed a facility in eastern Syria as the Pentagon's Middle East policy director openly warned that the US military may target Iranian IRGC personnel in a bid to halt militia attacks on American troops.
Groups aligned with Iran stepped up attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria following the second U.S. strike on a munitions storage facility Wednesday night. The U.S. [carried out a strike in Syria](https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza-strip-2023-11-08/card/pentagon-launches-a
The United States conducted airstrikes against two facilities in eastern Syria. American officials said that the strikes in recent weeks have been in proportion to attacks by Iran-backed militias.
Sunday's airstrikes mark the third time in about two weeks the U.S. has retaliated against the militants for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria.
It marks the third time in about two weeks that the U.S. has retaliated against the militants for the growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops.
By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out another set of strikes against targets affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in eastern Syria, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following continued attacks on US forces in the region.
The Pentagon and U.S. officials say the U.S. military conducted airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria involving Iranian-backed groups, hitting a training location and a weapons facility.
Strike is the third since Oct. 26 as the United States attempts to quell wave after wave of drone and rocket attacks against American troops in Syria and Iraq, triggered by the Israel-Hamas war.
By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US forces came under attack at least four more times by Iran-backed groups in Syria after the US military carried out air strikes on targets associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps on Sunday, a US official told CNN.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a statement said that the airstrikes were ordered by President Joe Biden in response to repeated attacks against US troops.
New rocket and drone attacks targeted US bases in Syria in the hours following the latest US airstrikes designed to dissuade the IRGC and its militias from continuing their attacks on American personnel.
It was the third time in less than three weeks that the U.S. has hit facilities in Syria it said were tied to Iran, which backs armed groups Washington blames for a spike in attacks on its forces in the region.
Israel's continued airstrikes targeting Damascus and Aleppo airports arise from the threat Israel feels following attacks from within Syria on border areas led by Iranian-backed groups.
U.S. fighter jets hit two Iranian military bases in southeastern Syria in "defensive" airstrikes ordered by President Biden in response to a surge in attacks against American troops in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon said.
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