The US has carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region.
Sunday’s strikes hit “operational and weapons storage facilities”, in response to drone attacks on US forces, the Pentagon said in a statement.
US President Joe Biden would “act to protect US personnel”, it added.
The Pentagon did not provide any information on casualties. But a monitoring group reported that five militia fighters were killed in Syria.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said several more fighters were wounded “in an attack by US warplanes”.
Syrian state news agency Sana meanwhile reported that a child had died and at least three other people were wounded.
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