{"id":1904148,"date":"2023-03-24T00:58:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-contractor-killed-five-service-members-wounded-in-likely-iranian-made-uav-attack-in-syria-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T05:00:08","slug":"us-contractor-killed-five-service-members-wounded-in-likely-iranian-made-uav-attack-in-syria-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-contractor-killed-five-service-members-wounded-in-likely-iranian-made-uav-attack-in-syria-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"US contractor killed, five service members wounded in likely Iranian-made UAV attack in Syria: Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-contractor-killed-five-service-members-wounded-in-likely-iranian-made-uav-attack-in-syria-pentagon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1904148&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79630278\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"At least three civilians killed and 20 hospitalized in Ukraine from Russian drone strike: Kyiv police\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"At least three civilians were killed and 20 hospitalized after a Russian drone strike hit a dormitory building in the area around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Ukrainian police said early Wednesday morning. 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According to the bureau, three other injured service members and a surviving injured company were evacuated to coalition health facilities in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iraq<\/a> while two of the wounded service personnel were treated at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/the-wests-iran-policy-risks-another-middle-east-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impression: THE IRAN POLICY OF THE WEST RISKS A SECOND MIDDLE EAST WAR<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to Secretary of Defense <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lloyd-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lloyd Austin<\/a>,&#8221; I gave President Biden the go-ahead for U.S. Central Command forces to launch precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by organizations associated with Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ( IRGC ).&#8221; &#8221; The attacks were carried out in response to today&#8217;s assault as well as a number of recent attacks by IRGC-affiliated groups against Coalition causes in Syria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"443\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"443\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"612\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><source width=\"1060\" height=\"612\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">The Biden government option for secretary of defense, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, makes a speech at an event on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at The Queen theatre in Wilmington, Delaware. ( AP Photo \/ Susan Walsh )<\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">Susan Walsh \/ AP<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Department of Defense added that the cuts were started in order to protect and defend U.S. force by taking&#8221; equal and deliberate steps intended to limit the risk of increase and avoid casualties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to ABC News, the United States is supporting Syrian Kurdish forces in eastern Syria with more than 900 soldiers and hundreds more vendors. In recent months, aircraft attacks have targeted foundations where U.S. service members are stationed, with Iranian-backed groups most responsible for the attacks, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/us-military-airstrikes-syria-drone-attack-kills-contractor\/story?id=98091728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the information source.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Michael Kurilla, the commander of U.S. Central Command, said on Thursday that the army are anticipated to stay in the area to assist in defeating ISIS.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Ok.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Austin declared,&#8221; We will take all necessary steps to protect our men, as President Biden has made explicit, and we will always respond when and where we choose.&#8221; &#8221; No class will attack our forces without consequence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The minister continued,&#8221; Our minds are with the family and coworkers of the company who was killed and with those who were hurt in the incident earlier right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States launched airstrikes in Syria after a U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and an additional contractor were injured from a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle attack believed to be Iranian-made, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. 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