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Appearance
February 2021 United States airstrike in Syria | |
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Part of the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis and the American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war | |
Type | Air interdiction |
Location | |
Planned by | United States |
Commanded by | Joe Biden |
Target | File:Kata'ib Hezbollah flag.svg Kata'ib Hezbollah Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada |
Date | 25 February 2021local time, UTC+3) | (
Executed by | United States Air Force |
Casualties | 12 civilians killed, 4 injured (per Kata'ib Hezbollah)[2] At least 17 killed (per Reuters)[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ Roblin, Sebastian (February 26, 2021). "Biden's Retaliatory Strike In Syria Is A Double-Edged Message To Tehran". Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via www.forbes.com.
- ^ "US attacks 'Iranian-backed military infrastructure' in Syria | Syria News". Al Jazeera. February 26, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ Stewart, Idrees Ali, Phil (Feb 26, 2021). "U.S. air strikes in Syria target Iranian-backed militia - Pentagon". Retrieved Feb 28, 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Death toll update | 22 militiamen of Iraqi Hezbollah and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces in US strikes on Syria-Iraq border • The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". Feb 26, 2021. Retrieved Feb 28, 2021.