The United States has attacked two facilities in Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran-backed groups, the Pentagon has said, following a series of attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria.
The strikes came after President Joe Biden’s administration pledged to respond to attacks on US personnel that Washington has blamed on armed groups backed by Iran.
"Today [on October 26], at President Biden’s direction, US military forces conducted self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups," Austin said in a statement, published by the Pentagon’s press service.
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The United States’ overnight strikes on Syria hit a weapons storage facility and an ammunition storage facility used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran-back groups, senior US officials have told the Reuters news agency.
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Two F-16 fighter jets using precision munitions carried out the strikes at roughly 4:30am local time [01:30 GMT] near Abu Kamal, close to the border with Iraq, according to the officials.