{"id":95317,"date":"2023-03-24T07:49:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=95317"},"modified":"2023-03-24T07:49:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T07:49:40","slug":"drone-strike-kills-injures-us-troops-in-syria-us-retaliates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/95317\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Drone strike kills, injures US troops in Syria, US retaliates&nbsp;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> A US contractor was killed, and five other service members and another contractor were wounded when a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility on a base of the US-led Global Coalition in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released late on Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said US Central Command forces retaliated with \u201cprecision airstrikes\u201d against facilities in eastern Syria used by militias affiliated with Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense said the intelligence community had determined the unmanned aerial vehicle was of Iranian origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The airstrikes were conducted in response to today\u2019s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by the groups affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard,&#8221; Austin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overnight, videos on social media purported to show explosions in Syria\u2019s Deir Ez-Zor, a governorate borders Iraq and contains oil fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no immediate reaction from Iran over the strikes, which come during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. 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