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On 28 June, [[Joe Biden|President Biden]] directed airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups close to the Syria-Iraq border.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/biden-airstrikes-iran-backed-militias-iraq-syria-border-a9e6b94a-9c7c-4a67-94ac-359eb92fa808.html|title=Biden orders U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria|work=Axios|date=28 June 2021}}</ref> [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15]] and [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] aircraft were used to launch the attack in what the US described as a retaliatory attack against US facilities and personnel in Iraq by militia groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-syria-iran-middle-east-iraq-86f3bc438d6ab6c9b14580ec000bc600|title=US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq|date=June 27, 2021|work=AP NEWS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-carries-out-air-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-iraq-syria-2021-06-27/|title=U.S. warplanes strike Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria|date=June 27, 2021|work=Reuters}}</ref> Two operational and weapons storage facilities were targeted in Syria, the US military revealed in a statement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/28/us-carries-out-air-raids-on-iran-backed-groups-in-syria-iraq|title=US carries out air raids on Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq|work=Al Jazeera|date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> Despite the US not disclosing the information regarding the casualties in the attack, the [[SOHR]] stated that at least nine Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters died, leaving many others injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/218672/|title=Death toll update Nine militiamen of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces killed in US airstrikes near Syria-Iraq border|work=The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> |
On 28 June, [[Joe Biden|President Biden]] directed airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups close to the Syria-Iraq border.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/biden-airstrikes-iran-backed-militias-iraq-syria-border-a9e6b94a-9c7c-4a67-94ac-359eb92fa808.html|title=Biden orders U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria|work=Axios|date=28 June 2021}}</ref> [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15]] and [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] aircraft were used to launch the attack in what the US described as a retaliatory attack against US facilities and personnel in Iraq by militia groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-syria-iran-middle-east-iraq-86f3bc438d6ab6c9b14580ec000bc600|title=US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq|date=June 27, 2021|work=AP NEWS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-carries-out-air-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-iraq-syria-2021-06-27/|title=U.S. warplanes strike Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria|date=June 27, 2021|work=Reuters}}</ref> Two operational and weapons storage facilities were targeted in Syria, the US military revealed in a statement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/28/us-carries-out-air-raids-on-iran-backed-groups-in-syria-iraq|title=US carries out air raids on Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq|work=Al Jazeera|date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> Despite the US not disclosing the information regarding the casualties in the attack, the [[SOHR]] stated that at least nine Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters died, leaving many others injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/218672/|title=Death toll update Nine militiamen of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces killed in US airstrikes near Syria-Iraq border|work=The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran in a statement named four members of the Kataib Sayyed al-Shuhada faction they said were killed in the attack on the Syria-Iraq border. |
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June 2021 United States airstrike in Syria | |
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Part of the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis and the American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war | |
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Commanded by | Joe Biden |
Target | File:Kata'ib Hezbollah flag.svg Kata'ib Hezbollah Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada |
Date | 28 June 2021 (2021-06-28) (local time, UTC+3) |
Executed by | United States Air Force |
Casualties | 4-9 militiamen killed[1] |
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On 28 June, President Biden directed airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups close to the Syria-Iraq border.[2] F-15 and F-16 aircraft were used to launch the attack in what the US described as a retaliatory attack against US facilities and personnel in Iraq by militia groups.[3][4] Two operational and weapons storage facilities were targeted in Syria, the US military revealed in a statement.[5] Despite the US not disclosing the information regarding the casualties in the attack, the SOHR stated that at least nine Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters died, leaving many others injured.[6] Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran in a statement named four members of the Kataib Sayyed al-Shuhada faction they said were killed in the attack on the Syria-Iraq border.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi condemned the air attack as a "blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and Iraqi national security".[7] Meanwhile, Syrian state media (SANA) reported that an air missile attack after midnight on residential houses in the countryside of Abu Kamal, presumably by American warplanes, killed a child and injured three civilians.[8]
Hours later, US forces in Syria came under fire, following the US strikes on the Syria-Iraqi border.[9] Pro-Iranian militias fired Thirty Four rockets at the American base at Al-Omar Oilfield in Syria in response to US airstrikes.[10] The US coalition responded by firing heavy artillery on Iranian-backed Militias Positions around Al-Mayadin.[11][12] There were no injuries sustained during the attack, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, Col. Wayne Marotto disclosed.[13][14]
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