Syria

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U.S. forces in Syria were attacked by rockets a day after the U.S. military carried out what a Pentagon official called “defensive” airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-backed militia groups. Col. Wayne Marotto, the military spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, an international coalition fighting the Islamic State extremist group,…

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The White House says the airstrikes carried out by the U.S. military against what it said were facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups near the border between Iraq and Syria, were "necessary, appropriate and deliberate" measures taken to "defend U.S. personnel, partners and allies in the region." Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken and Italy FM Di Maio hold news conference after meeting on Syria and Islamic state. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Pro-Iranian militias have fired eight rockets at the American base in Syria in response to US airstrikes. A US Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet drops a laser-guided bomb at Edwards Air Force Base, California. (photo credit: US NAVY VIA REUTERS) In the late afternoon, around dusk, reports emerged that pro-Iranian…

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Italy, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, the United Kingdom, and representatives of the Arab League and European Union, which met today…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. troops came under rocket fire in Syria on Monday, but escaped injury, in apparent retaliation for weekend U.S. air strikes against Iran-aligned militia in Syria and Iraq. A U.S. military spokesman said U.S. forces had responded to the multiple rockets by firing back at the positions in…

The United States has it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq. In a statement, the US military said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities…

BAGHDAD, June 28 (Reuters) - Iraq's military spokesman on Monday condemned U.S. air strikes against militia targets on the border with Syria as a "breach of sovereignty" in a rare criticism of U.S. military action. Yehia Rasool, who published the remarks on his Twitter account, was referring to air strikes…