Published January 28,2024
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Speaking a few day after three US troopers in Syria had been killed by a drone assault, the US protection secretary stated Sunday stated that Iranian-backed militias are accountable for continued assaults on US forces and that “we will respond at a time and place of our choosing.”
“I am outraged and deeply saddened by the deaths of three of our US service members and the wounding of other American troops in an attack last night against US and Coalition forces, who were deployed to a site in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border to work for the lasting defeat of ISIS,” Lloyd Austin stated in a press release to the press, utilizing an alternate acronym for the Daesh terrorist group.
“These brave Americans and their families are in my prayers, and the entire Department of Defense mourns their loss,” he added.
“The President and I will not tolerate attacks on American forces, and we will take all necessary actions to defend the United States, our troops, and our interests.”
Three US service members had been killed and 28 injured this weekend in a drone assault on the Al-Tanf US army base close to the Jordanian-Syrian border, American and Jordanian officers stated.
Jordanian officers stated the assault was not on their soil, however in a border space in Syria, one exterior management of the Assad regime.
In a press release, US President Joe Biden stated: “Today, America’s heart is heavy. Last night, three U.S. service members were killed-and many wounded-during an unmanned aerial drone attack on our forces stationed in northeast Jordan near the Syria border.”
An Iraqi group calling itself Islamic Resistance later stated it was accountable for the assault.
Source: www.anews.com.tr