The United States destroyed or damaged 84 out of 85 targets in its series of sweeping air strikes on Friday in Syria and Iraq, according to US defense officials, with no signs of Iranian casualties.
All but one of the 85 targets were “destroyed or suffered functional damage,” the officials said, citing a preliminary battlefield damage assessment.
A full post-strike analysis is still underway, but one official said there were no indications that members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed as part of the operations.
President Joe Biden told reporters traveling with him to Nevada on Sunday that the strikes work to deter and disrupt the operations of armed groups in the region.
In response to a drone attack that killed three US service members and injured dozens in Jordan last weekend, the United States targeted facilities and weapons used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
This was the first time that the United States carried out strikes in both countries simultaneously. In Iraq, the United States targeted Al-Qaim and Akashat near the border with Syria. In Syria, the United States struck areas near Al-Baroom, Deir ez-Zor, and Al-Mayadeen. The list of targets included command and control centers, intelligence centers, missiles and missiles, drone storage facilities, and others.
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