R. Biden, Jr., ordered the United States Armed Forces to carry out airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities used by Iran-backed militias in response to attacks against United States and allied personnel in Iraq that killed a Filipino contractor and injured a National Guardsmen and 4 United States contractors. (22) On June 27, 2021, President Biden ordered the United States Armed Forces to carry out airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria in response to drone attacks against United States personnel and facilities in Iraq. (23) On August 24, 2022, President Biden ordered the United States Armed Forces to carry out airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Deir al Zour, Syria, in response to attacks on a United States base in northeastern Syria that injured 3 members of the United States Armed Forces. (24) On March 24, 2023, President Biden ordered the United States Armed Forces to carry out airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria in response to an attack in northeast Syria that killed a United States contractor and injured 5 members of the United States Armed Forces and another United States contractor. (25) On October 5, 2023, a United States F–16 aircraft shot down an armed Turkish drone operating in northeastern Syria. The drone was reported to have come within 500 yards of members of the United States Armed Forces. (26) Since October 17, 2023, United States Armed Forces in Syria and Iraq have been attacked at least 52 times, with 28 attacks in Syria and 24 attacks in Iraq. Such attacks resulted in at least 56 members of the United States Armed Forces being injured, of whom at least 25 members have sustained traumatic brain injuries. (27) On October 26, 2023, President Biden ordered United States Armed Forces to conduct airstrikes against a weapons storage facility and an ammunition storage facility used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian-backed militias in Abu Kamal, Syria. (28) On November 8, 2023, President Biden ordered United States Armed Forces to conduct