Strikes have been limited, but the message is clear.
For the first time, the administration Biden attacked on the night of Thursday to Friday, the "
facilities
Used by pro-Iranian militiamen in Syrian territory, just on the border with Iraq.
They "
were authorized in response to recent attacks on US and coalition personnel in Iraq,
" the Pentagon said.
But American officials immediately explained that the United States did not want
a
"
regional escalation
" as Washington and Tehran try to resume dialogue.
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Uncertainty remains over the results of these bombings: 22 fighters killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights;
at least one Iraqi, according to an Iraqi source, close to these militias.
The targeted facilities belonged to two Iraqi factions - Kataëb Hezbollah and Kataëb Shouhada - near the Boukamal border post in Syria.
Close to Iran, these militias, regularly struck by
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