Following the death of a US citizen by a drone strike in Syria, media reports said there was another attack on a US base in the northeast of the country. Several rockets were fired southeast of the city of Deir ez-Zor, but nothing is known about the US casualties, broadcaster CBS reported last night (local time), citing unnamed US officials. Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder did not confirm the new attacks in an interview with CNN when asked. You will be informed as soon as we have more information.
The US military attacked Iranian Revolutionary Guards allied targets after the assassination. According to the Pentagon, the target was installations of groups “that are in contact with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard”. According to human rights activists, at least eleven fighters from an Iranian-allied militia were killed. US President Joe Biden stressed that while the US would not seek conflict with Iran, it would respond “vigorously” to protect the US.