• The US has conducted airstrikes on two weapons facilities in Syria that are used by Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard.
• The Pentagon confirmed two F-15 fighter jets were involved in the ‘self-defense’ mission as tensions are reaching boiling point in the Middle East.
• The strike was confirmed hours after reports emerged that Iran-backed Houthi forces had shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone off the coast of Yemen.
• The strikes come at a time of heightened global tensions and advancing military operations across the world, with Wednesday’s moves coinciding with a Houthi-rebel attack on a US MQ-9 reaper drone in Yemen.

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