Reference: S/2021/202 Letter dated 27 February 2021 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council I wish to report, on behalf of my Government, that the United States, in an exercise of its inherent right of self-defence, as reflected in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, has undertaken a targeted military strike in eastern Syria against infrastructure used by Iran-supported non-State militia groups. In recent weeks, United States and Coalition partner forces in Iraq have been the target of an escalating series of threats and attacks by such non-State militia groups. These include a rocket attack near Erbil, Iraq, on 15 February that wounded one United States service member, wounded four United States contractors, including one critically, and killed one Filipino contractor. In response to these attacks, the United States has taken military action in eastern Syria aga...
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