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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.
US army soldiers stand near armoured military vehicles on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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. 

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