Biden administration launches first airstrike in Syria vaticannews.va

The United States has carried out airstrikes in Syria, targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militia groups near the Iraqi border.

This is the first airstrike carried out by the United States since President Joe Biden took office in January. John Kirby, the Pentagon’s chief spokesperson announced that the airstrikes were in retaliation to attacks earlier this month in Iraq that killed one civilian and wounded a member of the US service along with coalition troops.

In an attack earlier this month rockets hit the US military base housed at Erbil international airport in the Kurdish-run region of Iraq…

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