Syria air strike: Biden authorizes airstrike in Syria after suspected Iranian-affiliated drone kills US contractor and wounds 5 US troops
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 24, 2023
(CNN) A US contractor was killed Thursday after a suspected Iranian-affiliated drone struck a facility housing US personnel in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said, and the US responded by striking what it said were Iran-affiliated facilities in the country.
The contractor was an American citizen, a spokesman for US Central Command confirmed. Five US service members and an additional US contractor were also wounded in the strike.
"The intelligence . . .