9 Killed In US Strikes On Iran-Linked Site In Syria: Report

US warplanes carried out a strike on an Iran-linked site in eastern Syria on Wednesday in response to attacks against American personnel, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

9 Killed In US Strikes On Iran-Linked Site In Syria: Report

Nine people affiliated with Iran-backed groups in Syria were killed on Thursday in a US strike on the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, a war monitor said.

"Nine people working for Tehran-backed groups were killed in US strikes on sites used by pro-Iran groups," Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.

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