U.S. Airstrikes Hit Iran-Backed Militia Site in Syria

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🗓️ 26 February 2021

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First, Chris discusses the first known military action under President Biden with Oren Liebermann and Phil Mattingly. Then, Dana Bash and John Kasich join Chris to discuss the latest in Biden's Covid-19 relief bill. Chris wraps up the show with Dr. Anthony Fauci on the pandemic timeline and the return to normalcy. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you, Anderson.
0:01.0	I'm Chris Cuomo.
0:02.0	Welcome to Primetime.
0:03.0	We have breaking news tonight.
0:03.8	The first known military action under President Biden.
0:07.8	The U.S. we are told is carried out airstrikes in Syria near the border with Iraq, targeting
0:14.3	a site used by two Iranian-backed militia groups.
0:18.7	The action follows rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks,
0:24.1	according to a U.S. official.
0:25.7	So let's bring in two different reporters to cover this situation.
0:29.3	We have Oren Lieberman and Phil Madingly.
0:32.1	Oren, let me start with you.
0:33.8	This is a little complicated.
0:35.4	These attacks in Syria may be a response to attacks in Baghdad in Iraq that may have been
0:42.6	organized by Iranian-supported militia.
0:46.4	Take us through it.
0:47.4	It's simplest to look at it this way.
0:49.0	This region from Iran to Iraq and into Syria is the Shia Crescent, a place where Iran has
0:54.5	a tremendous amount of influence and a place where Iran supports proxies there, provides
0:58.9	weapons, and more.
1:00.6	And that's why the message to Iran comes to Syria and comes into Syria.
1:05.2	And that's where we saw the military carry out its first airstrike, its first offensive
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