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On November 5, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) announced that it had attacked one of the United States largest Bases in northeastern Syria.
The Iranian-backed armed group said that it had targeted the base, which is located near the town of Tell Beydar in the northwestern al-Hasakah countryside, with suicide drones. Video footage released by the group showed the launch of a drone similar in design to an Iranian-made type codenamed by the U.S. military and intelligence as “KAS-04”.
Tell Beydar base has an airstrip for military cargo aircraft. Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and towed howitzers are also said to be deployed there.
Syrian media confirmed that the base came under attack. However, some sources mistook the Iraqi drone for a Turkish one and alleged that it was shot down by U.S. forces.
The IRI formed a special operations room to support Gaza following the October 17 Al-Ahli Arab Hospital massacre and joined the war by launching attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria.
So far, the group has carried out more than two dozen attacks against bases hosting U.S. troops. On November 4, a helicopter base located near the town of al-Shaddadi in the southern al-Hasakah countryside and the al-Harir Air Base near the capital of the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan were attacked by the group with rockets and drones.
In addition, the IRI announced two attacks against Israel on November 2-3 and promised to launch more strikes in the near future.
The threat posed by the IRI forced the U.S. to deploy more than 1,000 troops and a dozen air defense systems in the Middle East. The U.S. attempted to deter the group by targeting facilities linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the Syrian-Iraqi border. However, it failed.
i do not really understand this – “some sources mistook the iraqi drone for a turkish one and alleged that it was shot down by u.s. forces.” … would any force not shoot down a “foreign (as in force) drone” … or have i missed something ?
blinken goes to thank israel for the fact that now us bases are also attacked more forcefully.
this gives us an excuse to strike along the middle east.
believe so and from what i have read; the us want bases in gaza and /or the lebanon.
not sure how to take your comment; so refraining from ticking one way of the other.
all dildo attack welcome in my trailer
not me live fish better than dildo
turecko podporuje banderovských fašistov na ukrajine a dodáva im bezpilotné lietadlá bayraktar. miesto aby ich dodával fašistom, ich mohol radšej dodať palestínskemu hnutiu odboja proti izraelským okupantom palestíny. tým by urobil isté gesto podpory palestínskeho ľudu v boji za nezávislosť. veď darebácky štát usa podporuje kurdských teroristov, či nie? v sýrii stoja na opačných stranách turecko a usa!!!
those mickey mouse drones and rockets won’t do shit against us bases. meanwhile the palestos are being transformed into pasta in gaza. where is the so-called mighty firepower of the persians? looks like the iranians want to get rid of hamas for having sided with the anti-assad rebels during the syrian civil war.
us centcom is hiding a lot of casualties from syria and iraq. they were forced to admit 24 already but there are a lot more since rocket and drone strikes on those bases are accurate and us has no or non-functioning air defense.
yet another feable lame attempt to make out usa and israel are simply too indestructable to lose in syria
perhaps its time to prove to the world there are muslims willing to decommision usa forces for good?