been operating here in north—eastern syria for about as long asjoe biden has been president. the number of americans here and in iraq keeps shrinking. there about 2,500 of them now. the mission here, their enemy, is the islamic state group, but that is far from the greatest danger americans face here. us air bases have been targeted twice in recent months by iranian—made military grade drones. this is the aftermath of a drone strike which destroyed a cia warehouse. and in baghdad, iran's proxies are running rampant. here they are cutting off the city's diplomatic green zone after one