[HIGHLIGHTS] Syria: Damascus denounces American “occupation” after bombings on its soil

Syria: Damascus denounces American “occupation” after bombings on its soil. At least eighteen pro-Iranian fighters were killed in eastern Syria during American bombings, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) Security sources also confirmed to AFP bombings of positions of pro- Iranian armed groups in western Iraq, near Syria.

The United States said the strikes were a response to the January 28 attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American soldiers, an attack Washington blamed on groups backed by Iran.