The US military has attacked Iranian proxy forces in Syria, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin confirmed in a statement late on Thursday. According to the release, the airstrikes were carried out against two facilities used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups and came as a retaliation for attacks on bases hosting US troops in Iraq and Syria since October 17. The “precision self-defense strikes” were directed by President Joe Biden and “were intended solely to protect and defend US personnel in Iraq and Syria.” “The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against US forces are unacceptable and must stop,” noted the statement. NN: This conflict is escalating. We need to be laser focused because one day very soon you will wake up to a raging war. With strikes against oil infrastructure.