U.S. strikes Iran-backed militia

The U.S. has launched a second round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria at the direction of President Joe Biden, this time in response to drone attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq


Jun 28, 01.00 (local time): U.S. attacks weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq. Five militants killed, according to monitoring group*

Feb 26: Biden orders retaliatory strikes against militias whose attacks on Irbil airport had killed one civilian contractor and wounded U.S. service member


TURKEY
Raqqa
Aleppo
Latakia
Deir al-Zour
Homs
SYRIA
LEBANON
Al Tanf 
Damascus
JORDAN
ISRAEL
Irbil airbase
Mosul
IRAN
Kirkuk
IRAQ
Tikrit
Balad airbase
Al Asad airbase
Baghdad’s Green Zone
Sparsely populated areas
100km 60 miles

U.S. military bases


Areas of control: As of Apr 2021

Syrian government and allies 
Kurdish forces
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and Turkish forces
Syrian opposition forces
Iraqi government

U.S. officials believe Iran is behind ramp-up in increasingly sophisticated drone attacks and periodic rocket fire against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq


*Syrian Observatory for Human Rights


Sources: Reuters, AP, Liveuamap, Institute for the Study of War 
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