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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/12/29/world/middleeast/29reuters-iraq-security-usa.html
U.S. Targets Iranian-Backed Shi'ite Militia in Iraq and Syria
(Reuters-New York Times) U.S. F-15 fighter jets carried out air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Kataib Hezbollah militia in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base, U.S. officials said on Sunday. The Pentagon said it targeted three sites in Iraq and two in Syria with precision-guided weapons, including weapons storage facilities and command and control locations used to plan and execute attacks on coalition forces. The U.S. said the militia fired more than 30 rockets on Friday which killed the U.S. civilian contractor and injured four U.S. service members near Kirkuk.