DAMASCUS: The United State Air Force has bombed new positions manned by militias loyal to Iran in Syria for the second consecutive time in 24 hours, the American military's Central Command and a monitoring group said on Thursday.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that the new airstrikes targeting posts in the countryside of Deir al-Zour resulted in the killing of 3 Iran-backed militia fighters, as per reports. According to the US Central Command's account, there were 2 to 3 fatalities, and the strikes were in retaliation for nearby militia rocket attacks that had earlier targeted two American Army outposts.

A squad of Shia fighters from Afghanistan were manning positions in Deir al-Zour when the US Air Force launched its attack on them on Wednesday.

Six individuals, according to the Observatory, were killed in the attacks on Wednesday.

Colin Kahl, a top Pentagon officer, stated in Washington on Wednesday that "the action was required to safeguard and defend US personnel in Syria, who had been the subject of many previous attacks by militia groups supported by Iran." The militias repeatedly opened fire on the US soldiers, he said.

"This operation is a demonstration that the US will not hesitate to defend itself against Iranian and Iran-backed aggression when it occurs," Kahl said.

To support their partners, particularly the Syrian Kurds, in their struggle against the Islamic State terrorist organisation, the US sent troops to Syria in 2015. The Syrian government did not make any public statements on the strikes.

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