US says airstrikes in Syria intended to send message to Iran

WASHINGTON, 26 August 2022, (TON): The Pentagon said “US military airstrikes in eastern Syria were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias that targeted American troops this month and several other times over the past year.”

Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, told media “the United States will not hesitate to defend itself against Iranian and Iran-backed aggression when it occurs.”

He said “the US decision to launch the strikes was based on both the nature of the militia attacks on Aug. 15 at the Al-Tanf Garrison, where US troops are based in the south, and the fact that, based on recovered drone parts, we believe we have Iran dead to rights on attribution.

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