“What the strikes last night illustrated is that our commitment to push back against Iran’s support for terrorism, militancy and the threats they engage in against our people in the region or elsewhere are not linked to wherever we end up on the nuclear deal,” Colin H. Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, told reporters in a briefing on Wednesday.

The White House waited a week to strike back after an Aug. 15 rocket attack by Iran-backed fighters failed to cause damage or casualties at a base in northeastern Syria called Green Village. Military officials said they conducted the strikes in a manner calculated to minimize the risk of harming civilians.

In an attack late Tuesday night, American warplanes dropped guided bombs on bunkers containing ammunition and other military hardware in Deir al Zour, a city in eastern Syria, the United States Central Command announced in a statement. The bunkers were in use by groups affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the military said.

There were not believed to be any civilian casualties in the attack, which took place at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to a U.S. military official.

Central Command announced on Wednesday evening that it had launched a second airstrike on fighters linked to the Revolutionary Guards, following a rocket attack on Green Village as well as a second American base in northeast Syria called Conoco. Those rocket attacks began at 7:20 p.m. local time on Wednesday, resulting in three U.S. service members being wounded at Conoco. One service member was treated and returned to duty, according to a Central Command statement, and two others were being evaluated for “minor injuries.”

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