alexandria hoff is live with details. good morning. alexandria: a group afilliated with iran military guard crashed into a building killing a u.s. contractor around 1:30 a.m. once determined the unman aircraft was iranian origin, retaliatory airstrikes were carried out last night. the observatory for rights, eight were killed in that. lloyd austin said at the direction of president biden, i authorize to conduct precision airstrikes in eastern syria. the airstrikes were conducted in response to today s attack and series of attacks against coalition sources by groups associated with irgc. we will take measures to defend our people, no group will strike our groups with impunity. since 2021, general eric corrila says u.s. troops have come under attack 78 times, saying, we will defend our people and respond at time and place of our choosing, we are postured for additional iranian attacks. we ensure defeat of isis of syria and the region. congressman matt gates offered this. it i
u.s. troops have come under attack 78 times by iranian backed groups. good morning. alexandria: good morning, according to defense department u.s. contractor was killed after a group crashed unmanned ariel vehicle into a building in northeast syria 1:30 local time. once determined it was iranian origin, the war posing group says eight iranian fighters were killed in that action. lloyd austin said the airstrikes were conducted in response to attacks by the group irgc. we will defend our people. no group will strike our troops with impunity. republican congressman matt gates offered this, it is deeply sad to see americans killed and troops killed in syria. this is price of guarding oilfields in other countries. iran continue to stain desert sand with the blood of america s best. since 2021, air kurilla says u.s. troops have come under attacks by iranian backed groups and we will defend our people and respond at time and place of our choosing. we are postured in the face of an
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The region were supportive. The reaction from syrians has been positive but measured. Of course, people welcome some retaliation for such a horrendous act, a Chemical Attack against your own people, Syrian People are going to be positive about anything that retaliates against that, to show that in an International Community that is not acceptable. It is also measured in the sense that syrians would say that is good, but why are there no similar reactions when there is attacks when the Syrian Regime throws barrel bombs on us or when there are Chlorine Gas Attacks . There was also a reservation in terms of what is this actually mean . Does this change anything on the ground . Is this a recalculation in terms of us policy . It has been clear that they have been keen to stress this doesnt change its policy, it is a one off strike of retaliation for those Chemical Attacks. The trouble with these things is that often Military Attacks have their own calculation. When we look at the syria conf