Reuters: U.S. military carries out strike in Syria on Iran-linked targets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said it carried out air strikes on Tuesday in Syria's Deir al-Zor against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
The strikes came even as the United States aimed to respond to a draft agreement proposed by the European Union that would bring back the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that former President Donald Trump abandoned and current President Joe Biden has sought to revive.
The military's Central Command said in a statement that such strikes were aimed at protecting U.S. forces from attack by Iran-backed groups. It cited one such incident on Aug. 15, which Reuters has reported involved drone attack on a compound run by coalition and U.S.-backed Syrian opposition fighters, with no casualties.
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Update #1: US airstrikes target militia-controlled areas in east Syria (Defense News/AP)
Update #2: US military announces airstrikes against groups backed by Iran’s IRGC in Syria (Alarabiya)
WNU Editor: The U.S. is responding to this .... US forces in Syria decry suicide drone and rocket attacks (Air Force Times).
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