US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced at a hearing in the US Senate Armed Forces Committee that since President Joe Biden took power in January 2021, Iran and its proxies have carried out 83 attacks on US interests, including Syria. He responded with four attacks.
Two days ago, US President Joe Biden said that groups affiliated with Iran’s “Revolutionary Guards” carried out attacks on facilities in eastern Syria that they use to store ammunition and other targets.
Biden, in his letter to the Senate and House of Representatives in the US Congress, added that the aim of the air strikes carried out by the US forces in Syria in the last two days was to deter Iranian militias, reduce the risks of escalation and prevent civilian casualties. .
The US President added that these attacks weaken any attack on the US and its partners and deter Tehran and its militias.
Biden made it clear that the attacks of the Iranian militias pose a constant threat to the lives of American soldiers in Syria, emphasizing that Washington will do whatever it takes to protect the Americans.
Biden stated that the attacks launched by the US military comply with international law and the US right of self-defense.
Some US lawmakers criticized the Biden administration’s “weak” response to Iran’s attacks on US bases in Syria.
