US carries out air raids on Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq – By Al Jazeera and News Agencies (Al Jazeera) / June 28 2021
Strikes mark second time US President Joe Biden has ordered retaliatory attacks against armed groups since taking office.
The United States carried out another round of air raids against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone attacks against US personnel and facilities in Iraq, with the militias threatening to retaliate.
In a statement on Sunday, the US military said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq.
It did not say whether it believed anyone was killed or injured, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least five fighters were killed and several others wounded.
Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said one child had been killed and at least three other people were wounded.
