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Iranian proxies attack American troops in Middle East after US retaliatory strikes: Pentagon
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0:42Now PlayingIran-backed terrorists launched two more attacks on US and allied troops in Syria over the weekend, according to officials Monday — as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Saudi Arabia in his latest Mideast tour to try to stop the Israel-Gaza conflict from growing.
Iranian proxy militias fired two rockets at Syria’s Mission Support Site Euphrates, targeting US and coalition forces stationed there, on Saturday, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder.
The next day, Tehran-backed groups launched an attack drone at Mission Support Site Green Village, also in Syria, but it “landed several kilometers” from the military base, Ryder said.
No injuries or damage was reported in either weekend attack, which were the latest in a series of more than 165 Iran-backed assaults on US forces in Syria, Iraq and Jordan since Oct. 17, according to the Pentagon.
As of Jan. 29, approximately 80 US personnel have been injured in the spate of attacks over the past three and a half months, deputy Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said at the time.
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