{"id":110756,"date":"2024-02-01T18:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=110756"},"modified":"2024-02-01T18:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:28:49","slug":"u-s-strikes-likely-to-focus-on-iranian-positions-in-syria-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/110756\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. strikes likely to focus on Iranian positions in Syria \u2013Official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>The U.S. strikes in retaliation to the attack which killed American personnel in Jordan will likely focus on Iranian positions inside Syria, said an American official on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIranian assets outside of Iran could be targets, with most strikes inside Syria,\u201d the unnamed official told ABC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Wednesday that the Washington believes the attack \u201cwas a plan resourced and facilitated by an umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which contains multiple groups, including [Iraqi] Kataib Hezbollah.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirby said that \u201cthe response would involve multiple targets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Jan. 28, a drone strike hit a U.S. base in northeast Jordan near the border with Syria, killing three American troops and injuring around 40 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have stated that the United States will respond to the attack and take all necessary measures to protect American forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another official told ABC News that the retaliatory attack would be carried out over the course of several days on facilities that enabled the drone strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. 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