Pentagon: 8 Iran-backed fighters killed in Syria strikes
An Iranian drone strike against the US military in Syria last week led to significant hostilities.
The US military said on Thursday that its retaliatory strikes killed eight Iran-backed fighters in Syria last week, adding that several additional US soldiers suffered brain injuries.
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said that the March 24 US airstrikes near Deir ez-Zor in northeast Syria targeted two facilities used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Eight fighters were killed, according to Ryder, though they appear to have not been Iranian citizens.
“To my knowledge, not Iranians. These are individuals that are associated with the IRGC," Ryder told reporters.
Ryder added that six US soldiers were found to have suffered traumatic brain injuries following Iran-backed forces' attacks on US military positions in northeast Syria on March 23 and 24.
