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US military launches airstrikes against three facilities on Iraq-Syria border

At least one facility used by Iran’s militia forces to launch and recover drones was destroyed, a U.S. defense official with knowledge of the strikes told Fox News

Lucas Manfredi By Lucas Manfredi , Lucas Tomlinson Fox News
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The U.S. military has conducted defensive precision airstrikes against three facilities near the Iraq-Syria border region Sunday evening. 

According to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby, the facilities are used by several Iran-backed militia groups, including Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), that engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.

"As demonstrated by this evening's strikes, President Biden has been clear that he will act to protect U.S. personnel. Given the ongoing series of attacks by Iran-backed groups targeting U.S. interests in Iraq, the president directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks," Kirby added. "The United States took necessary, appropriate and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation – but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message."

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A U.S. defense official with knowledge of the strikes told Fox News that U.S. Air Force F-15s and F-16s were used in the operation. The strikes took place at approximately 6 p.m. Eastern Time, or 1 a.m. local time.

At least one facility used by Iran’s militia forces to launch and recover drones was destroyed, the official added. Recent strikes by the crude drones have targeted Americans in Baghdad and Erbil in northern Iraq. 

The official said he does not expect "a lot of casualties" from the Iranian-backed forces because of the time of the strike. 

All U.S. jets returned to base without a problem, the official added. 

Sunday's airstrikes are the latest operation carried out against Iranian-backed military groups, following Biden's first known military action in February, when an airstrike targeted a compound in Syria operated by Kaita’ib Hezbollah and Kaita’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada.

Lucas Manfredi is a general assignment reporter for Fox News. Prior to joining Fox News' digital team in 2020, Manfredi worked for Fox Business' Making Money with Charles Payne as a production assistant. He graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelors of Science in Television-Radio. Send him story tips at lucas.manfredi@fox.com.