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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that President Joe Biden, who authorised the strikes, “directed further military action to disrupt and deter” attacks on US facilities and personnel in Iraq

THE US corporate broadcaster NBC tells us that the US military carried out what a Pentagon official called “defensive” air strikes in Iraq and Syria on Sunday.

According to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby, the air strikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one in Iraq.

Kirby said that President Joe Biden, who authorised the strikes, “directed further military action to disrupt and deter” attacks on US facilities and personnel in Iraq.

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