Syria: 19 killed in retaliatory US strikes on Iran-linked groups
by Agence France-Presse in Beirut from World news | The Guardian on (#6A5ZX)
Washington insists it is not seeking conflict with Tehran after responding to drone attack on coalition base
The death toll from retaliatory US strikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria after a deadly drone attack has risen to 19, a war monitor said, as Washington insisted that it was not seeking conflict with Tehran.
Further rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias took place late on Friday, prompting more strikes by coalition warplanes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
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