June 2021 United States airstrike in Syria

June 2021 United States airstrike in Syria
Part of the American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
Location of Deir ez-Zor Governorate in Syria
TypeAir interdiction
Location
Imam Ali military base, Abu Kamal border crossing, Abu Kamal, Deir ez-Zor Governorate,
Syria
Planned by United States
Commanded byJoe Biden
Target Kata'ib Hezbollah
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Date28 June 2021 (2021-06-28) (local time, UTC+3)
Executed byUnited States Air Force
Casualties4-9 militiamen killed[1]
The airstrikes on Al Hury, Syria, 27 June 2021

On 28 June 2021, President Biden directed airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups close to the Syria-Iraq border.[2] F-15E and F-16 aircraft were used to launch the attack in what the U.S. described as a retaliatory attack against U.S. facilities and personnel in Iraq by militia groups.[3][4] Two operational and weapons storage facilities were targeted in Syria, the U.S. military revealed in a statement.[5] Despite the U.S. not disclosing the information regarding the casualties in the attack, the SOHR stated that at least nine Iran-backed Iraqi militia fighters died, leaving many others injured.[6] Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran in a statement named four members of the Kataib Sayyed al-Shuhada faction they said were killed in the attack on the Syria-Iraq border.

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  6. ^ "Death toll update Nine militiamen of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces killed in US airstrikes near Syria-Iraq border". The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights. 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2021.