on. fast reliable, perfectly orchestrated. the united states postal service. we do have breaking news right now. the pentagon says a u s contractor was killed in syria after a drone strike five u. s service members and an additional u. s contractor were wounded in this strike, and the united states is taking action. cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann joins us on the phone now or in what do we know? listen. this all played out thursday afternoon syria time earlier today, so this would have been early this morning here us time, and according to the pentagon, a one way essentially a suicide drone attack the position with us forces and u s contractors early this morning our time in that attack, according to the
another term for a suicide drone attack the us position near hasakah series and it s far northeast syria in that drone attack. as you pointed out, one u. s contractor was killed, according to the pentagon, five u. s. service members and another contractor were also wounded in that attack in terms of how they re doing at this point, the pentagon says two of those service members were treated on site. well three and the u. s contractor had to be evacuated the medical facilities in iraq for treatment, so those injuries it s possible, maybe substantial. at this point. the pentagon says the drone is of iranian origin, which which suggests it would likely be an iranian proxy or an iranian backed shia militia in the region, which carried out this sort of attack and we ve seen that in the past. in response to the attack, the u. s carried out what it called a precision strike against iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps, or groups affiliated with the irgc in a short statement from defense s
group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the eastern part of the country that followed a drone attack on u. s forces in northeast syria that killed a u. s contractor. and wounded six other americans. let s bring in cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson live in london. so nick, what more do we know about the drone attack? well, it s not the first time iranian proxies based in syria and iraq, for that matter have targeted us personnel. this is the deadliest attack in a least a couple of years. the united states has always been in the position of saying it would respond, and we ve had this statement from lloyd austin, the secretary of defense, and he says, very clearly that we take all uh, measures to defend our people and will always respond at a time and place of our choosing. no group will strike our troops with impunity now the
crimes of their killer, son. will this set a legal precedent? your platform should be banned. tiktok in trouble. the boss tried to convince lawmakers it s not a national security threat. so how d that go? all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans overnight. the u. s launching an airstrike in eastern syria. ambulances sped to the scene of that strike ordered by president biden retaliation for an attack by an iran affiliated drone attack that killed a u. s. military contractor, five american service members and another u. s contractor were injured in that drone attack. international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live for us in london, nick what more do we know about the drone strike and then the u. s retaliation? we know that the retaliation took place in the
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