The US carried out airstrikes targeting two facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria on Thursday, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following a series of drone and rocket attacks against US forces in the region.

The statement said the facilities have been used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.

The strikes, carried out by a pair of F-16 fighter jets using precision-guided munitions, targeted a weapons and ammunition storage facility in Abu Kamal near the border between Syria and Iraq.

  • skankhunt42@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Everyone needs to calm the fuck down. This isn’t going to end well for anyone if we have WW3.

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      I don’t think there’s going to be a war of grand alliances engaged in total war against each other, but a series of proxy wars that have been on the back burner for years are definitely going to boil over.

      Every global power is scrabbling to expand and secure their borders and access to material goods before climate based migrations happen.