The U.S. says it has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for an attack that killed an American contractor.
U.S. warplanes struck an Iraqi paramilitary faction on Sunday that Washington accused of conducting repeated attacks on U.S.-led coalition forces including one on Friday that killed an American contractor in northern Iraq.
Iraq’s Security Media Cell, which releases official information regarding Iraqi security forces, confirmed the attacks, saying in a statement on Sunday that three U.S. strikes targeted sites near the Iraqi-Syrian border and had killed four fighters, including a commander, and wounded 30 others. Other reports put the death toll as high as 15.
Hoffman added the operation had destroyed five targets for Kataeb Hezbollah, three in Iraq and two in Syria, and included “weapon storage facilities and command and control locations” the group has used to “plan and execute attacks” on coalition personnel.
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