US carries out air strikes in Syria after Iran-backed drone assault kills American contractor

US Central Command forces carried ‘precision airstrikes’ in opposition to amenities in jap Syria after a US contractor was killed and a few others had been injured following a suspected Iranian drone strike in northeast Syria on Thursday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 24, 2023 11:19 IST

A file photograph of airstrikes in Syria (Credits: AP)

By India Today World Desk: The US army on Thursday (US time) carried out a number of air strikes in Syria in opposition to Iran-aligned teams. The assaults got here hours after an American contractor was killed, whereas 5 US troops and one other contractor had been injured following a lethal drone strike by the teams.

Both the assault on US personnel and the retaliation had been disclosed by the Pentagon on the identical time late on Thursday.

The assault in opposition to US personnel came about at a coalition base close to Hasakah in northeast Syria at roughly 1.38 pm (1038 GMT) on Thursday, it stated.

The US intelligence group assessed that the one-way assault drone was Iranian in origin, the army stated, a conclusion that might additional worsen already strained relations between Washington and Tehran.

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated the retaliatory strikes had been carried out on the path of President Joe Biden and focused amenities utilized by teams affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

“The air strikes were conducted in response to today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by groups affiliated with the IRGC,” Austin stated in a press release.

“No group will strike our troops with impunity,” he stated.

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EXPLOSIONS IN SYRIA

Meanwhile, a number of social media movies purported to point out explosions in Syria’s Deir Ez-Zor, a strategic province that borders Iraq and comprises oil fields.

Iran-backed militia teams and Syrian forces management the world, which additionally has seen suspected airstrikes by Israel in current months allegedly focusing on Iranian provide routes.

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which solutions solely to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been suspected of finishing up assaults with bomb-carrying drones throughout the broader Middle East.

In current months, Russia has begun utilizing Iranian drones in its assaults on websites throughout Ukraine as a part of its struggle on Kyiv.

Iran has denied being chargeable for these assaults, although Western nations and specialists have tied parts within the drones again to Tehran.

The assault and the US response threaten to upend current efforts within the area to de-escalate tensions, as Saudi Arabia and Iran have been working towards reopening embassies in one another’s nations. The kingdom additionally acknowledged efforts to reopen its embassy in Syria, whose embattled President Bashar Assad has been backed by Iran in his nation’s lengthy struggle.

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Mar 24, 2023