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When asked what the message of Thursday’s coup was, Biden replied: “You cannot act with impunity.”
“Be careful,” the president added, speaking in Houston, where he went to assess relief work in Texas after a major winter storm.
Syria and Iran condemned the attack in Deir az Zoro province on Friday. Damascus called it a “bad sign” from the new Biden administration, and Tehran said it would further destabilize the region.
The United States announced this raid for the first time since Biden’s term began five weeks ago.
US troops attacked Iranian-backed armed groups in eastern Syria on Thursday, saying it was news from President Biden’s new administration following recent rocket attacks on bases in Iraq where US troops are being held.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said two F-15E Strike Eagle jets dropped seven precision bombs.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden was sending an “unequivocal message.”
“He will act to defend the Americans, and when there is a threat, he has the right to act when and in the way he chooses,” Psaki said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the administration wanted to show “very, very clearly,” “especially to Iran,” that “it is not possible to act with impunity” against the American people, partners and interests.
“I believe, and hope, that this message has been received,” Blinken said.
Syria called the blows “cowardly American aggression.”
“This is a bad sign for the policy of the new US administration, which must follow international standards,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned these “illegal attacks” and called them “a clear violation of human rights and international law”.
The blows by the US aviation “will intensify military conflicts and further destabilize the region,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry.
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