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The Pentagon on Sunday announced a new round of airstrikes on Iranian facilities in Syria that officials said were linked to dozens of recent attacks targeting U.S. troops there and in neighboring Iraq. This time, they said, the airstrikes caused an undetermined number of fatalities among proxy fighters backed by Tehran.

The operation marked a significant escalation by the Biden administration, which has sought to deter the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/08/us-strikes-iranian-facility-syria/?itid=ap_danlamothe" target=_blank>sharp rise in violence</a> against American forces in the Middle East without provoking a broader regional conflict as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/11/us-israel-gaza-civilian-deaths/" target=_blank>tensions flare</a> over the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/israel-hamas-war/" target="_blank" class="contextual_link">war in Gaza</a>.

In <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3586509/statement-from-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-additional-us-militar/" target=_blank>a statement</a>, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that these latest strikes had been carried out in eastern Syria on facilities used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and groups affiliated with it. They hit a training facility near the city of Bukamal and a “safe house” near Mayadin, he said.

<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/candidates/joe-biden-2024/" target="_blank" class="contextual_link">President Biden</a> ordered the operation, Austin added,<b> </b>“to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests.”

Norway, Ireland and Spain announced plans Wednesday<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/22/palestinian-state-recognition/" target=_blank> to recognize a Palestinian state</a>. While the move is symbolic, the countries expressed hope that it will press Israelis, Palestinians and the international community toward a two-state solution. In response, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/22/norway-ireland-palestine-state-recognition/" target=_blank>Israel — whose government rejects a two-state solution</a> — ordered the return of its ambassadors from the three countries.

A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss preliminary assessments following the strikes, said that the training facility in Bukamal was used to store weapons and that secondary explosions were observed.

The safe house had functioned as a headquarters for groups affiliated with the IRGC, the senior defense official said. Militia personnel were present when the strikes occurred there, and the Pentagon determined that some were killed, the official added. The fatalities were <a href="https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1723856069078741420?s=20" target=_blank>first reported</a> by Fox News.

American fighter jets conducted the strikes late Sunday, the official said. In a break with similar operations in recent weeks, the Pentagon has not identified the precise type of aircraft that carried out the mission.

“We continue to message to Iran that we hold them accountable for these [attacks on U.S. personnel], and that their leaders must take action to constrain the activities of the groups Iran directs, trains and equips,” the official said. “We will not hesitate to take further measures to protect our people, if necessary.”

After the airstrikes, at least four more attacks were launched against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria, underscoring the Biden administration’s struggle to deter such acts. There have now been at least 52 attacks on U.S. troops since Oct. 17, a defense official said Monday, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Dozens of American personnel have sustained what the Pentagon has characterized as minor injuries.

The latest assaults included multiple one-way attack drones targeting U.S. and coalition forces early Monday at the Rumalyn Landing Zone in northeast Syria. One drone was shot down, and others caused damage to infrastructure, including tents, the defense official said.

Three other attacks were launched in Syria on Sunday night, the Pentagon said. Those incidents included a one-way attack drone targeting U.S. troops at Shudaddi, which was shot down; a one-way attack drone approaching U.S. troops at Mission Support Site Green Village, which was shot down; and a multi-rocket attack targeting Mission Support Site Euphrates. No injuries or damage were recorded, the defense official said.

The U.S. airstrikes on Sunday followed similar actions targeting facilities in Syria that U.S. officials said were linked to Iran, first <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/26/us-strikes-iran-syria/" target=_blank>on Oct. 26</a> and again on <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/08/us-strikes-iranian-facility-syria/" target=_blank>Nov. 8</a>.

The Pentagon said Thursday that after the Nov. 8 strikes, U.S. personnel had come under attack three more times in Syria and once more in Iraq.

About 2,500 U.S. troops are based in Iraq and 900 in Syria as part of an enduring mission to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group. For years, those personnel have periodically come under fire from one-way attack drones and rockets, but such incidents have spiked in the weeks since Israel declared war on the militant group Hamas after the militants’ deadly cross-border attack on Oct. 7.

Hamas and other militant groups in the region receive weapons and training from Iran, raising concerns that the war in Gaza could widen. Biden has faced criticism <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz/status/1722395786653139123" target=_blank>from some Republicans</a> who called previous strikes insufficient and argued they would not deter Iran.

Austin, speaking to reporters in India on Friday, said, “We’re going to continue to do everything that we need to do to protect our people.”

“We won’t ever project or predict or advertise when we’re going to conduct a strike, but we will — rest assured that we will strike at a time and place of our choosing,” he said. “These attacks against our people must stop, you know?”

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