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US President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he had ordered military strikes against facilities in Iraq and Syria linked to groups that attacked US forces and said the "response" would continue.
Biden said that this "response" will continue for some time and in some selected places.
"The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to harm us know this: if you hurt an American, we will respond ," Biden said.
So far 18 fighters from the armed groups have been killed in US airstrikes in eastern Syria.
"At least 18 fighters from armed groups close to Iran were killed in US airstrikes in eastern Syria on Friday," the non-governmental Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, revising up the first casualty count it had released earlier. the times it said 13 dead.
For its part, the US military's joint command for the Middle East region (CENTCOM, "central command") confirmed late last night that airstrikes in Iraq and Syria had begun, targeting factions close to Iran. and Syria and members of the Quds force of the Revolutionary Guard, an elite body of the Iranian military. The Quds Force is responsible for Iran's military operations abroad.
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