Iranian drone attack kills US contractor; peace on edge
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Fresh tensions between Iranian and United States (US) forces flared in Syria as the Pentagon claimed that an Iranian drone bombed a facility on a coalition base in northeast Syria, killing a US contractor and wounding six others. In response, US Central Command forces launched "precision airstrikes" against sites associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the Associated Press.