Biden takes first military order against which Islamic country?

Washington, 26th February: US President Joe Biden has taken his first military action as US forces conducted strikes in Syria.

According to reports from the Pentagon, the strikes carried out targeted the Iranian militias in response to the attacks on US forces in the region over the past two weeks.

A US official informed CNN that up to a handful of militants had been killed in the attack.

Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said that the army that was struck by the American forces was the same that was involved in the rocket attacks on the US.

John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesperson has confirmed that the attack took place at President Biden’s direction.

Kirby said, “Specifically, the strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed militant groups, including Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al Shuhada. The operation sends an unambiguous message; President Biden will act to protect American coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to de-escalate the overall situation in both Eastern Syria and Iraq.”

The site which was struck by the US forces is believed to be the location of a smuggling operation conducted by the military forces. A US official said that the mission of the operation was to foil the militia’s ability to carry out attacks.

While, speaking to the press, Austin said that ‘the US was confident in the target we went after and we know what we hit’.

He added, “We allowed and encouraged the Iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence, and that was very helpful to us in refining the target,” he said.

As per the statement from the Pentagon, the US president had authorised the attack after consulting allies.

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