It’s just being reported that the US is carrying out airstrikes in eastern Syria against Iranian proxies that have now attacked them 41 times.

Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin said the airstrikes were carried out moments ago and the suggestion is that they are apparently more widespread than our defensive attack before.

Here’s the reporting:

The first time the US responded in Syria was October 26 and Biden’s SecDef said they were “self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.” It will be interesting to see what they say about the airstrikes.

 
UPDATE: This report says the airstrikes were ‘unprecedented’:

 
UPDATE 2: Here’s more from Griffin:

 
UPDATE 3: Here’s the full statement from Biden’s SecDef:

 
UPDATE 4: It’s being reported that 9 were killed in the US airstrikes in northeast Syria:

Translation: “Observatory: 9 killed in an American raid on a military facility in Syria linked to Iran”