2024-02-03 12:01:14
At least 30 people died due to US bombings in Syria and Iraq. Among them are civilians, although the exact number has not yet been confirmed.
On Friday night, the US army launched a series of attacks once morest more than 80 pro-Iranian militia positions in both countries, such as retaliation for the death of three US soldierslast weekend on the border between Syria and Jordan.
The attacks began around 10 p.m. on Friday, the US Army Central Command announced in a statement, and “were specifically directed once morest 85 targets belonging to the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its related militia groups.” ”.
To do this, the North American Army – particularly B-1 bombers, according to military sources told CNN – used “more than 125 precision munitions” that hit “command and control centers of operations, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles, unmanned vehicle warehouses and ammunition supply and logistics facilities.”
The operation lasted approximately 30 minutes. According to local Syrian and Iraqi sources, more than thirty people have already been killed, including civilians.
At least 30 dead from US bombings in Syria and Iraq
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed at least 18 deaths in that country due to the North American attacks, which have hit positions of pro-Iran militias in the vicinity of the town of Mayadin, as well as in Bokamal, three kilometers from the border of Iraq, following the course of the Euphrates.
The Observatory’s sources also have evidence of attacks in the towns of Ashara, Quria and Tabti, in the rural areas of the city of Deir Ezzor, the capital of the province of the same name built on the left bank of the river, and located regarding 120 kilometers away. of the Iraqi border.
The attacks in Iraq, meanwhile, have been concentrated in the western province of Anbar, on the border with Syria, where the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a collective of armed groups that brings together a good part of the pro-Iranian militias in the country, have confirmed through a message on their Telegram account that 16 combatants have died and another 25 have been injured.
“The 13th Al Tauf Brigade has lost 16 martyrs and 25 wounded as a result of the cowardly American aggression in the Anbar Mobilization Forces’ operational sector,” they confirmed in their message.
For their part, sources from the Kurdish-Iraqi Rudaw agency indicate that the head of the PMF’s logistics division, Abás al Darayi, might be among the deceased, which has not been officially confirmed.
Bombings are just “the beginning” of the “counterattack,” says Biden
The president of United States, Joe Bidenreleased a statement shortly following the attacks in which it confirmed that the bombings were only “the beginning” of the American “counterattack.”
“Our response has begun today. It will continue at the time and in the places we have,” said the president, in the midst of an offensive that hits an area with an extremely delicate political situation, adding a new focus of conflict to Israel’s war with Hamas.
In a subsequent press conference, the spokesman for the US National Security Council, John Kirbyconfirmed that the attacks have taken place in at least seven locations in both countries, four in Syria and three in Iraq.
“We are not seeking conflict with Iran or in the Middle East, but the president has made it clear that we will not hesitate to defend our people,” he said before announcing upcoming attacks: “We have started tonight, but we will not finish tonight.”
These operations, Kirby indicated, will aim to “degrade and disrupt the capabilities of the Revolutionary Guard and the groups they sponsor.” “I think that the objectives (for this Friday) meet that criterion. The message is: these militia attacks have to end,” he added.
Iraq and Syria condemn US bombings
The Iraqi Government, which has accelerated its initiatives in recent weeks to complete the total withdrawal of the international coalition from its country, has condemned these attacks as “a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and an obstacle to the authorities’ efforts” to maintain calm in a country where Iran exercises great influence.
The military spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq, General Yehia Rasuldeclared that these attacks are “a threat that will drag Iraq and the region into unforeseen consequences.”
The Syrian Ministry of Defense also joined in condemning attacks that, according to a statement reported by the official SANA news agency, have caused “casualties among civilians and military personnel, as well as considerable damage to public and private property.”
The Ministry has denounced that the area attacked is the same one in which the Army is fighting once morest what remains of the jihadist organization Islamic State in the country and therefore accuses Washington of “using all dirty means to resurrect the Islamic State both in Syria as in Iraq,” the statement stressed.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry later joined the condemnation through a statement published on Facebook, through which it communicated “the Government’s condemnation of this flagrant American violation,” along with “categorically rejecting all pretexts and lies promoted by the Administration.” of the United States to justify this attack.”
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