Retaliatory strikes, but a firm desire to avoid escalation.
The United States said it had “successfully” carried out strikes targeting elite Iranian forces and pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria.
Strikes which will only be the first, warned President Joe Biden, while several States denounce an attempt to flare up tensions in the Middle East.
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On Friday, Pentagon warplanes targeted more than 85 sites, such as "command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rocket and missile centers, unmanned aerial vehicle warehouses, and logistics and munitions supply chain facilities.”
On the Syrian side, at least 23 pro-Iranian fighters have lost their lives, indicates the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
In Iraq, at least 16 people, including civilians, were killed, the Iraqi government announced on Saturday.
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