#BREAKING: US has launched airstrikes in Syria after one US contractor was killed & five US troops were injured when a drone of Iranian origin attacked a coalition base near Hasakah in Syria, Pentagon says – ABC
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) March 24, 2023
UPDATE: At the direction of President Biden, I authorized precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), US Secretary of Defense says t.co/zd40uKJroK pic.twitter.com/mJgtoUZxrP
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) March 24, 2023
Local sources are reporting that these US airstrikes caused multiple casualties.
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) March 24, 2023
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Syria in Response to Deadly UAV Attack
March 23, 2023
Earlier today, a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one additional U.S. contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a maintenance facility on a Coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria at approximately 1:38 p.m. local time.
The intelligence community assess the UAV to be of Iranian origin.
“At the direction of President Biden, I authorized U.S. Central Command forces to conduct precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC),” said Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. “The airstrikes 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.”
🚨BREAKING 🇺🇸⚡ABC quoting sources saying the US Air Force carried out the multiple Airstrikes in Deir-ez-zor eastern Syria. Osint TV pic.twitter.com/K9tkUbXFt2
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U.S. airstrikes hit Iran-affiliated groups in Syria after drone attack kills American t.co/lWjAb3e4F2
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U.S. Conducts Airstrikes in Syria in Response to Deadly UAV AttackEarlier today, a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one additional U.S. contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a… pic.twitter.com/yCAKje9me2
— SANTINO (@MichaelSCollura) March 24, 2023
🚨🚨#BREAKING: At the direction of @POTUS, @CENTCOM conducted precision airstrikes tonight in eastern #Syria against facilities used by #IRGCterrorists proxies after a U.S. contractor was killed in an attack by a UAV of Iranian origin.t.co/lBBYdHQK9S
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) March 24, 2023
LAURA INGRAHAM – FOX NEWS ALERT:
FIVE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WOUNDED IN SYRIA BY IRANIAN DRONE – U.S. LAUNCHES AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA AFTER IRANIAN DRONE KILLS 1 U.S. CONTRACTOR, HURT 5 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS pic.twitter.com/ckFipl0SrQ
— Stalin 🇺🇸 (@StalinCruz) March 24, 2023
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