US forces hit a facility in Syria said to be used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its affiliated groups. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reported About this on November 8th.
The statement states that the attack was carried out on a weapons depot in eastern Syria. Two F-15 fighter jets were used. Austin stated that this was in response to a series of attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria.
Previously, on November 6, NBC News, citing sources, reported that 45 American soldiers were injured in attacks on US bases in the Middle East.
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said on October 31 that he was ready to take action if attacks against Iranian-backed American forces in the Middle East continued.
In the previous days, the American base in the Koniko gas field in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria was subjected to rocket fire. A US military base in the Al-Omar oil field in eastern Syria was also attacked. The Pentagon said there have been 20 attacks on US military bases in Iraq and Syria in the last 10 days using missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said that air strikes on weapons and ammunition depots in Syria are a warning signal for Tehran.
Previously Russia applied An attack was carried out on a militants’ unmanned aerial vehicle warehouse in Syria’s Idlib province.