Drone Kills U.S. Worker In Syria; U.S Retaliates

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a strike by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria. American forces retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in Syria targeting facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The attacks threatened to raise regional tensions Friday across the Middle East. Iran and Syria did not immediately acknowledge the strikes. However, an activist group’s report said the U.S. airstrikes killed eight Iranian-backed fighters in Syria soon after the drone attack.