The latest US airstrikes on the border between Iraq and Syria send a strong message to Iranian-backed militias that will hopefully be received, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Rome on Monday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th June, 2021) The latest US airstrikes on the border between Iraq and Syria send a strong message to Iranian-backed militias that will hopefully be received, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Rome on Monday.
"Several Iran-backed militia groups, including KH (Kata'ib Hezbollah), including KSS (Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada) used these facilities (that were targeted in the airstrikes)," Blinken said. "We took necessary, appropriate, deliberate action that is designed to limit the risk of escalation but also to send a clear and ambiguous deterrent message. This action in self-defense to do what's necessary to prevent further attacks, I think send a very important and strong message and I hope very much that it is received."
Late Sunday, the Pentagon said that US military aircraft had struck facilities of KH and KSS in the Syrian-Iraqi border region in response to attacks against American interests in Iraq. According to Syrian state television, the airstrikes likely left a child killed and three people injured.
