The United States has carried out an air strike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, two officials told Reuters, an apparent response toWhile the strike, which occurred on Friday AEDT, could be the first retaliatory move by the United States following last week’s attacks, it appeared to be limited in scope, potentially lowering the risk of escalation.
The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the strike was approved by President Joe Biden. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Retaliatory US military strikes have occurred a number of times in the past few years.abandoned by former US president Donald Trump.
In the February 15 attack, rockets hit the US military base housed at Erbil International Airport in the Kurdish-run region killing one non-American contractor and injuring a number of American contractors and a service member. Another salvo struck a base hosting US forces north of Baghdad days later hurting at least one contractor.
Another salvo struck a base hosting US forces north of Baghdad days later hurting at least one contractor.
Wait...its all trumps fault! 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Well that didn't take long. warmongerJoe
Cha ching!💣
The world is happy to have Democrat normality brought back into the US government Trumpwasnotthatbad
We're back!
Better get Linda back out from under that bus.
Yay. Everything back to normal. The US is bombing things again
WARRRRRR
The war games begin.
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