A spokesperson for the Pentagon said that recent U.S. strikes on Iranian-backed groups in Syria were “self-defense” amid heightened Middle East tensions.
During an interview with ABC News on Friday, national security spokesman John Kirby said that those airstrikes were carried out on a weapons storage facility and a separate ammunition storage area that was being used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in eastern Syria. It came after U.S. officials said that American troops came under attack a number of times in the past week, blaming Iran-backed forces in the region.
