The US carries out strikes in eastern Syria in response to a drone attack on March 23 that left one American contractor dead, and another one wounded along with five US troops.
has risen to 19 fighters, a Syrian war monitor said on Saturday, March 25, in one of the deadliest exchanges between the US and Iran-aligned forces in years., that left one American contractor dead, and another one wounded along with five US troops. Washington said the attack was of Iranian origin.
The war monitor said air raids killed three Syrian troops, 11 Syrian fighters in pro-government militias and five non-Syrian fighters who were aligned with the government. The initial exchange prompted a string of tit-for-tat strikes. Another US service member was wounded, according to officials, and local sources said suspected US rocket fire hit more locations in eastern Syria.
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