29/9/2024–|Last updated: 9/29/202403:29 AM (Mecca time)
Syrian media reported that violent explosions occurred yesterday evening, Saturday, at the Koniko base, where American forces are stationed in the countryside. Deir ez-Zor Governorate Syria, while 18 Iraqis were killed in international coalition raids on the Albukamal border, according to local sources.
Syrian media reported that a violent bombardment by suicide drones targeted the Koniko base, where American forces are stationed.
Until now, it is not clear whether the attack on the American base caused human casualties.
In the same context, Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that aircraft bombed early on Sunday a site of the Iraqi “Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades” faction in the Albukamal area on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
The reporter had previously reported that 3 explosions had occurred in the Albukamal area in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, eastern Syria.
Local Syrian sources reported that 18 Iraqis were killed in an air strike by coalition forces on the Albukamal area on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Koniko Base, where American forces are stationed in the northern countryside of Deir ez-Zor in Syria pic.twitter.com/Q53XKGCtao
— Arab-Military (@ashrafnsier) September 28, 2024
These developments come a day after Israel assassinated the Secretary-General Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah The main ally of the Syrian regime and Iran.
Earlier, the Iranian Minister of Intelligence said, “The axis of resistance will avenge Nasrallah by liberating Jerusalem and destroying the Zionist entity.”
From time to time, American bases in Syria and Iraq are subjected to attacks by armed factions said to be loyal to Tehran.
The New York Times quoted American officials as saying that Washington is concerned about the possibility of the outbreak of a broader war that could include the entire region.
The Iranian Foreign Minister said Abbas Araghji The United States is a confirmed partner of Israel in its crimes in Gaza and Lebanon.
Araqchi added that Nasrallah was targeted with a fortification-piercing weapon “provided by the United States to the Zionist entity,” recalling Washington’s obstruction of UN Security Council resolutions related to stopping the war on Gaza.
