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Nasser Karimi

Iran Launches First Ballistic Missile Strike Against ISIS In Syria

The missiles flew over Iraq before striking an ISIS command center and suicide car bomb operation in Deir el-Zour, Syria, over 600 kilometers (370 miles) away.

June 19th, 2017

By
    Jon Gambrell and
    Nasser Karimi
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A missile is fired from city of Kermanshah in western Iran targeting ISIS in Syria, June 19, 2017. (Morteza Fakhrinejad/IRIB)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says its ballistic missile strike targeting ISIS in Syria was not only a response to deadly attacks in Tehran, but a powerful message to archrival Saudi Arabia and the United States, one that could add to already soaring regional tensions. The launch, which hit Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Sunday night,

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