Pentagon says one dead, two wounded in last week’s Syria strike
The United States confirms the death of a militia fighter belonging to an Iran-backed group in a recent airstrike on Abu Kamal.
The US Defense Department said one militia member was killed and two were wounded in an airstrike last week on an outpost in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed groups.
That assessment aligns with a claim by Kataib Hezbollah last week that an Iraqi national named Rahi Salam Zayed was killed in the air raid.
Pentagon officials last week said that two US F-15s dropped guided bombs on an Iraq-Syria border crossing facility frequently used by Kataib Hezbollah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, both pro-Iran militias in Iraq.
Press Secretary John Kirby acknowledged last week that the United States believed there were casualties, but said at the time the damage assessment was ongoing. He could not confirm the victim’s nationality on Monday.
