US Airstrikes Target Iranian-Backed Groups in Eastern Syria
- Garrison housing US forces came under aerial attack on Aug. 15
- Strikes come as US reassures allies during Iran nuclear talks
This article is for subscribers only.
US forces carried out airstrikes in Syria against groups tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, US Central Command said, a move that comes as Washington and Tehran weigh a new nuclear agreement.
The strikes at Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria were “intended to defend and protect US forces from attacks like the ones on Aug. 15 against US personnel by Iran-backed groups,” Colonel Joe Buccino, a spokesman for Centcom, said in a statement sent late Tuesday.