February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
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On 2 February 2024, the United States Air Force launched a series of airstrikes targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Iran-backed militia groups located in Iraq and Syria. The attack was launched in retaliation against a drone strike carried out by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeting US troops in Jordan the week before, which killed three U.S. troops.
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February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria | |||||||
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Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–2024) and spillover of the Israel–Hamas war | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Supported by: Jordan[2] United Kingdom[3] |
Iran Popular Mobilization Forces Islamic Resistance in Iraq Liwa Fatemiyoun[4] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Joe Biden Lloyd Austin Charles Q. Brown Jr. |
Ali Khamenei Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani Esmail Qaani Falih Al-Fayyadh Qais Khazali Akram al-Kaabi Abu Baqir al-Saadi † | ||||||
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Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
None |
54-55 killed[lower-alpha 1] More than 80 of the 85 targets were destroyed or rendered inoperable (US estimate) |
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