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US Military Strikes Iran-Linked Targets In Syria

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Headlines have crossed that the US military has conducted strikes against Iranian-linked facilities in Syria (see this BBG link). Defence Secretary Austin stated that two facilities in eastern Syrian were struck and that these were described as self defence strikes. This follows attacks against US service personnel in Iraq and Syria in recent weeks.

  • Austin added that the US does not seek to escalate the conflict but that the US will defend itself. The strikes should also be seen as separate to this current Israel- Hamas conflict.
  • These strikes come after an earlier Washington Post report that the Biden Administration was considering such action (see this link).

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