Iranians Not Killed as Result of US Strike in Syria, Media Reports

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flies over northern Iraq early in the morning of Sept. 23, 2014, after conducting airstrikes in Syria. This F-15 was a part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike ISIL targets in SyriaInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – No Iranians were killed as a result of a US strikes in Syria which hit a grain center and rural development center in the province of Deir ez-Zor, rather than Iranian military positions, the regional broadcaster reported on Friday, citing sources in Syria. A military source in Syria believes local groups could retaliate against US strikes, the broadcaster added. WorldRussian Foreign Intel: US Plans to Use Islamists in Syria to Kidnap Russian, Iranian Military20 March, 07:36 GMTEarlier in the day, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the US armed forces carried out airstrikes on facilities of groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) after an Iranian drone attacked a coalition base in northeast Syria, killing one US contractor.