initially identified 11 bunker targets at the site and ended up striking nine because there was evidence there may be people near two of the locations and the goal was not to cause casualties. facilities at al-Tanf at the same time this month fueled concerns that “Iran intends to do more of this and we wanted to disabuse them of any sense that that was a good idea.” Kahl said the militia’s coordinated attack on two U.S. “Today’s strikes were necessary to protect and defend U.S. strikes “took proportionate, deliberate action intended to limit the risk of escalation and minimize the risk of casualties.” It did not identify the targets or offer any casualty figures from the strikes, which the military said came at the orders of President Joe Biden. “It actually has nothing to do with our willingness and resolve to defend ourselves.”ĬENTCOM said the U.S. “The threats that they engage in against our people in the region or elsewhere, are not linked to wherever we end up on the nuclear deal,” said Kahl. continues to pursue negotiations with Iran to resume its compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, those talks are not connected at all to America’s willingness to take action when attacked. forces in the region, despite weaponry linking back to them. Iran routinely denies arming militia groups that target U.S. In Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani issued a statement condemning the American strike “against the people and infrastructure of Syria.” He denied Iran had any link to those targeted. Iran-backed militia groups and Syrian forces control the area and have often been the target of Israeli war planes in previous strikes. The war monitor reported that at least six Syrian and foreign militants were killed in the airstrikes, while Deir Ezzor 24 reported 10 deaths.ĭeir el-Zour is a strategic province that borders Iraq and contains oil fields. airstrikes targeted the Ayash Camp, run by the Fatimiyoun group made up of Shiite fighters from Afghanistan. The opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Deir Ezzor 24 media outlet said the U.S. We will take all necessary measures to defend our people.” “No group will strike at our troops with impunity. “We will respond appropriately and proportionally to attacks on our servicemembers,” CENTCOM commander Gen. forces responded by destroying three vehicles and equipment used to launch some of the rockets, killing “two or three suspected Iran-backed militants.” service member was treated for a minor injury and has been returned to duty, and two others were under evaluation for minor injuries. Central Command, the rockets hit near Green Village and the Conoco gas field in Deir el-Zour province. military locations in northeastern Syria near large oil and gas fields were hit with rocket fire.Īccording to U.S. troops are based in the south, and the fact that, based on recovered drone parts, “we believe we have Iran dead to rights on attribution.” decision to launch the strikes was based on both the nature of the militia attacks on Aug. airstrikes overnight on facilities used by militias backed by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard demonstrated that “the United States will not hesitate to defend itself against Iranian and Iran-backed aggression when it occurs.” military airstrikes in eastern Syria this week were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias that targeted American troops this month and several other times over the past year.Ĭolin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S.
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