Damascus: A child was killed and three other civilians were injured in an overnight US air attack in the area in East Syrian province in Deir al-Zour which borders Iraq, Xinhua reported quoting the Syrian Arab news agency (there) on Monday.
The US military plane has hit militant facilities supported by Iran in the Syria-Iraqi border region, the US Department of Defense on Sundays.
“In the direction of the President of Biden, US military forces early tonight carried out defensive precision air attacks on facilities used by the Iranian-supported militia group in the Iraq-Syrian border area.
The target was chosen because this facility was used by the Iranian-supported militia that was engaged in vehicle attacks Unmanned air (UAV) against US personnel and facilities in Iraq, “Pentagon said in a statement at the end of the week.
“In particular, US strikes targeted operational storage facilities and weapons in two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, both of which are located close to the border between these countries.
Some of the Iranian-supported militia groups, including the word’b Hezbollah (KH ).
And said Sayyid Al-Shuhada (KSS), using this facility, “the statement added.
The Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby in a statement said that President Biden was clear that he would act to protect US personnel.
“In view of the series of ongoing attacks by Iran’s supported groups targeting the interests of the US in Iraq, the President directed further military actions to disturb and hinder the attacks.
We are in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government for the purpose of helping security forces Iraq in their efforts to defeat ISIS, “said Kirby.
The second strike is needed to overcome threats and precisely in the scope, he added.
There further reported that around 1 am local time on Monday (2200 GMT Sunday), the United States carried out missile attacks on “residential houses” in the Al-Bukamal area in the East Rural Deir al-Zour, caused property damage too, according to Xinhua , Meanwhile, Syrian Observatory for human rights, a war monitor, said that five Iraqi militias with al-Shaabi paramilitary paramilitary forces were killed by attacks targeting their position in the border area and in Syria.