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Drone Strike That Killed U.S. Contractor in Syria Was Launched by Iran-Backed Militia in Iraq

Cross-border attacks by Iran-supported groups in Iraq illustrate Biden administration’s challenges in Middle East

By Michael R. Gordon
, Warren P. Strobel
 and David S. Cloud
The United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria on the day of the drone attack. Photo: Rick Bajornas/Un/Zuma Press

An Iranian-backed militia in northern Iraq was behind the drone attack that killed a U.S. military contractor in northeast Syria on March 23 and wounded more than two dozen American civilian and military personnel, according to U.S. officials.

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