The US military said Tuesday it conducted a strike against an unnamed Iranian-aligned group’s weapons storage facility in Syria in response to an attack on American forces a day earlier.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) wrote on X that the strike aimed to “degrade their ability to plan and launch future attacks on US and Coalition forces who are in the region to conduct D-ISIS operations,” referring to a mission to target the Islamic State group.
It said that there were no civilian casualties found during its assessment of the strike.
The US military has around 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq as part of the international coalition that was established in 2014 to help combat the Islamic State jihadist group.
Since war broke out in the Gaza Strip after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, pro-Iran groups have repeatedly targeted US forces in Iraq and Syria in response to Washington’s support for Israel.
The United States has on multiple occasions responded to such attacks with strikes on Iran-backed groups.
