Pentagon Chief Says US Conducted Strike Against Iran-Linked Weapons Facility

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says two F-15s have hit a weapons facility in eastern Syria in ‘a self defense strike.’

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a press conference at State Department in Washington on April 11, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Two United States F-15s have conducted a strike against a weapons facility used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin called the Nov. 8 military operation “a self defense strike” at the direction of President Joe Biden.