US launches airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria
15:07 UTC+8, 2022-08-24
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The US military on Tuesday launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria, the US Central Command said in a statement.
15:07 UTC+8, 2022-08-24
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In this file photo a US AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over Baghouz in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province on March 2, 2019.
The US military on Tuesday launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria, the US Central Command said in a statement.
At US President Joe Biden's direction, "US military forces conducted precision airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor Syria today," the statement said.
"The US strikes targeted infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," it said.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Wang Qingchu
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