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Airstrike over Syria…….
On March 23, 2024, the U.S. conducted multiple airstrikes in Syria against the facilities which were used by the Iran-backed groups, said the U.S. Department of Defence in a release. The strikes took place on Thursday night. The strikes were conducted by U.S. Central Command forces.
As per the release, these precision strikes are intended to protect and defend U.S. personnel and the action taken by the U.S. was intended to limit the risk of escalation and minimize casualties
Earlier today, a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck the Coalition base’s maintenance facility at 1:38 p.m. local time in which one U.S. contractor was killed. Five U.S. personnel and one additional U.S. contractor also sustained injuries. The Coalition base is located near Hasakah in northeast Syria.As per The U.S. intelligence community assessment, the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) origin in Iran.
Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense Lloyd said that he authorized the precision strikes at the direction of President Joe Biden and targeted the facilities which were used by groups backed or supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). He said in a statement that the airstrikes were conducted in retaliation to earlier today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks on Coalition forces in Syria by IRGC-affiliated groups.
He said that as President Biden has made clear, they will take all the necessary measures to defend their people and will always respond at a time and place of their choosing. He also said that no group will strike their troops with impunity.
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According to the Head of Syria Observatory for Human Rights……….
According to the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, eight pro-Iranian fighters were killed in U.S. strikes. He said that the strikes targeted weapons depots in Deir Ezzor city which led to the killing of six fighters and the strike targeted the desert of Mayadine and near Albu Kamal led to the killing of the other two fighters.
Iran’s state news outlet denied the killing of any Iranian in the airstrikes. As per them, a rural development center and a grain center were hit while denying targets were Iran-affiliated groups posts. The head of Central Command, Army General Erik Kurilla, who oversees U.S. troops in the Middle East, said the U.S. troops have come under attack nearly 78 times since 2021 by Iranian affiliated groups.
In recent years, deployment in Iraq has also faced drone and rocket attacks as Iran holds sway in Iraq. Kurilla warned about Iran’s drone fleet while testifying to the House Armed Services Committee earlier on Thursday. He said that Tehran now holds the largest and most capable UAV fleet force in the region. In January, a U.S. base was targeted by three drones in Syria’s Al-Tanf region. U.S. officials believe that the Iran-affiliated militias are behind the drone and rocket attacks. Surprisingly, the attack took place just weeks after Mark Miley, a top U.S. general, visited northeast Syria.
With inputs from various news agencies.
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