Biden approves US airstrike on Iran-backed militias in Syria

Addis Ababa, February 26, 2021 (FBC) -The US military has carried out an airstrike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, the Pentagon said.

The attack destroyed “multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed militant groups”, it said.

President Joe Biden approved the action in response to recent attacks against US and coalition personnel in Iraq.

A civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on US targets in Iraq earlier this month.

A US service member and five other contractors were injured when the rockets hit sites in Irbil, including a base used by the US-led coalition.

Rockets have also struck US bases in Baghdad, including the Green Zone which houses the US embassy and other diplomatic missions.

The Pentagon named Kataib Hezbollah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada as two of the Iran-backed militias it targeted in Thursday’s strike in eastern Syria, according to BBC.

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