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| Washington has launched a new bombing campaign against Iranian-backed fighters in Iraq and Syria | Washington has launched a new bombing campaign against Iranian-backed fighters in Iraq and Syria |
| The Pentagon has commenced its retaliation for a drone attack that killed three US troops at a secretive base in Jordan, launching airstrikes that hit dozens of targets in Iraq and Syria linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. | The Pentagon has commenced its retaliation for a drone attack that killed three US troops at a secretive base in Jordan, launching airstrikes that hit dozens of targets in Iraq and Syria linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. |
| Washington’s latest bombings started around midnight on Saturday local time and struck more than 85 Iranian-linked targets, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed in a statement. “Numerous aircraft,” including long-range bombers flown from the US, were deployed in the operation. | Washington’s latest bombings started around midnight on Saturday local time and struck more than 85 Iranian-linked targets, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed in a statement. “Numerous aircraft,” including long-range bombers flown from the US, were deployed in the operation. |
| The bombings come nearly one week after a drone packed with explosives struck Tower 22, a US base in Jordan located near the Syrian and Iraqi borders, killing three soldiers and wounding more than 40 others. That attack, which the US blamed on the Iranian-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq, marked the first deaths of American troops in a wave of assaults triggered by the Israel-Hamas war. | The bombings come nearly one week after a drone packed with explosives struck Tower 22, a US base in Jordan located near the Syrian and Iraqi borders, killing three soldiers and wounding more than 40 others. That attack, which the US blamed on the Iranian-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq, marked the first deaths of American troops in a wave of assaults triggered by the Israel-Hamas war. |