US strikes Iran-backed militias behind drone attacks
- US air strikes targeted militias near border between Iraq and Syria
- Strikes mark second time Biden ordered retaliatory action against militias
The United States said it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq.
In a statement, the US military on Sunday said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq.
While the United States did not provide information on casualties, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that “at least five Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters were killed and several others were wounded in an attack by US warplanes” on the Syrian side of the frontier.
The war monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria to collect information, said that military positions were among the targets hit.
Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said one child had been killed and that at least three other people were wounded.