American aircraft attacked three targets, including sites of the Shiite Hezbollah Brigades organization there. According to the statement, the American operation resulted in deaths among members of the attacking groups.
Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the National Security Council of the US Presidential Office, said that the strikes were ordered by President Joe Biden.
According to Watson, three Americans were injured in a drone attack in Erbil, one of them in life-threatening condition.
According to American reports, since the attack launched by the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas on Israel in early October and the start of the subsequent Israeli retaliatory operation, Iranian-backed organizations have carried out more than a hundred attacks against Americans in Iraq and Syria.
The United States will act in a time and manner of its choosing if these attacks continue
Adrienne Watson said in her statement.
Eric Kurella, head of the relevant US command, wrote: The goal of the US strikes is to hold accountable the groups directly responsible for attacks against international forces in Iraq and Syria, and to limit their ability to carry out such actions in Syria. future. We will protect our forces in the future.
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