The U.S. Military released footage this week of its airstrikes against an Iranian facility in Syria where its terrorist proxies store weapons that are used in attacks on U.S. forces.
U.S. Central Command published an unclassified video clip of the strike on the Maysulun Weapons Storage Facility that was carried out in response to attacks on U.S. forces throughout the region by Iranian-backed terrorist groups, which have included at least 22 attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and another 18 attacks against U.S. forces in Syria, leading to 46 U.S. soldiers being injured, including 25 who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
Not included in those numbers were retaliatory strikes Iranian-backed terrorist groups launched in response, which included four drone and rocket attacks in Iraq and Syria. Three U.S. soldiers were injured in the attacks.
Pentagon has released footage of its Wednesday airstrike on the Maysulun weapons storage facility in Syria which the US says was used by Iran's IRGC. pic.twitter.com/d2snMUoYol
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement that the “self-defense” strikes were on “a facility in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.”
“This strike was conducted by two U.S. F-15s against a weapons storage facility,” he said. “This precision self-defense strike is a response to a series of attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by IRGC-Quds Force affiliates.”
This was the second such strike U.S. forces have launched against Iranian forces in Syria over the last couple of weeks. The administration has not released any footage of the strikes.
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Austin added that the U.S. will continue to conduct counter-ISIS missions in Iraq and Syria.