Daily Memo: US Airstrikes in Syria, Ukraine’s Independence Day

The strikes were in response to Iran-backed groups’ Aug. 15 attack on U.S. personnel in northeast Syria.

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Countering Iran. U.S. forces conducted airstrikes against facilities in Deir el-Zour, Syria, that it said were used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. U.S. Central Command said the strikes were in response to Iran-backed groups’ Aug. 15 attack on U.S. personnel in northeast Syria. Separately, a Saudi newspaper claimed that Israeli F-35s […]

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