Joe Biden, President of the United States of America on
Thursday ordered his first series of US military strikes in Syria.
The strikes were against sites used by two Iranian-backed
militia groups in response to rocket attacks on American forces in the region
in the past two weeks.
A spokesperson for the Pentagon, John Kirby said the strikes
took place “at President Biden’s direction.”
He said the President authorized the strikes not just to respond to recent attacks against American coalition forces but to deal with “ongoing threats to personnel.”
According to the Spokesperson, the President consulted with
US allies before conducting the airstrikes.
Giving further details, Kirby said the strikes destroyed
multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of
Iranian backed militant groups including Kait’ib Hezbollah and Kait’ib Sayyid
al Shuhada.
“The operation sends an unambiguous message; President Biden
will act to protect American coalition personnel. At the same time, we have
acted in a deliberate manner that aims to deescalate the overall situation in
both Eastern Syria and Iraq.”
The destroyed site is believed to be used as part of a
weapons smuggling operation location by the militias.
The decision to target the site in Syria was made from the
“top-down,” a defence official said and was not because of a specific
recommendation from the military.
The strikes come as the US and Iran position themselves for
negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program, an already complicated fragile
situation
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