The facilities are used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and groups it supports, according to the Pentagon. “These precision self-defense strikes are in response to a series of ongoing and largely unsuccessful attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iran-backed militia groups that began on October 17,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. The United States stated earlier on Thursday that in the past week, American soldiers have been attacked at least twelve times in Iraq and four times in Syria by Iran-linked groups in the Middle East. According to Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder, 21 Americans were injured in two of the attacks at the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq and al-Tanf in Syria. The Pentagon states that the attacks were ordered by President Joe Biden, and warns that the United States will take further steps if the attacks continue. In recent weeks, the US has sent a further 900 soldiers to the Middle East. Austin says the US does not want the war between Hamas, which is supported by Iran, and Israel to degenerate into a major war in the region. But he emphasizes that the US will not hesitate to carry out further attacks if the Iranian-backed groups continue their attacks.
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