American contractor killed, U.S. troops wounded in attack on Syrian military outpost

A U.S. contractor was killed at a Syrian military outpost from a drone strike. Five service members were wounded in the attack. At the time of the strike, one of the radars that detects “incoming threats at the military base in Hasakah was down for maintenance,” U.S. officials told NBC News. How did the U.S. respond to the airstrike? The drone is suspected to be an Iranian drone. In response to the attack, President Joe Biden sanctioned an airstrike “in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s...