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On January 4, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella group of Iranian-backed armed factions, attacked two bases of the United States military in Syria with suicide drones.
The first attack targeted a military training camp in the area of al-Rukban near the U.S. al-Tanf garrison in the southeastern region, while the second attack hit the Green Village base which is located in al-Omar oil fields in the eastern governorate of Deir Ezzor.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based pro-opposition monitoring group, confirmed that both bases were hit by suicide drones and reported casualties in the Green Village. The U.S. Central Command is yet to provide any details.
The IRI said in two separate statements that the attacks were an act of “resistance” against U.S. occupation and a response to Israeli “massacres” against Palestinains in the Gaza Strip.
The two attacks came just a few hours after Mushtaq Talib “Abu Taqwa” al-Saidi, a senior commander of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, was killed in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in a U.S. drone strike. Another member of the faction was also killed and at least six others were wounded.
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, which is backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is a part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which is officially recognized by the Iraqi government, and thought to be one of the main factions of the shadowy IRI.
An unnamed U.S. defense official told Al-Monitor that Abu Taqwa was assassinated because he was “actively involved” in planning, executing attacks on U.S. forces.
More than 100 attacks with rockets, ballistic missiles and suicide drones have targeted U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria since October 17, ten days after the outbreak of the war in Gaza. The IRI claimed responsibility for most of the attacks.
The Iraqi government held the U.S.-led coalition responsible for the assassination, calling it a “dangerous escalation” and “an aggression against Iraq.” Meanwhile, many political parties and leaders called for expelling U.S. forces from the country and vowed to take revenge.
The IRI will likely intensify attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria in the coming days in response to the assassination of Abu Taqwa.
they aren’t really any real human with brain left in the us.
1. they run away from afghanistan to start a war with russia via ukraine.
2. they are supporting israel fully which will burn them in the middle east, like the whole arab–israeli normalization is dead-dead.
3. china openly said they take taiwan back soon as they planned.
4. north korea shelled south korea’s yeonpyeong and baengnyeongdo islands. because the us is weaken… the us main “enemy” is china, they are laughing at the us.
5. red sea going into fire soon or later as the us and uk openly saying they are planning to attack houthis.
i don’t want to be that guy but iran, russia and china just watching… who is really losing here?
axis of resistance has been tracking.
everyone on the planet is ussa’s “main enemy”..especially the destitute tax cattle slaves on rancho goyim proper. grow the cajones and free yourself from the satanic vipers in the washing town sewer before the rest of humanity has to do it for you.
yes because us is fully controlled by jews. with jews you lose. problem is – the whole world is. yes iran, somalia and some tiny places on earth might be an exception but indeed if you allow these parasite called ‘jews’ to enter your country – you are fucked always !!
well that statement shows how utterly stupid you are. you need to look in the mirror.
inho ==hillbilly in omaha or portland?
coming from you… cope all you want blud.
no sympathy for anglo-american lgbt soldier bois illegally occupying syria!
yes. also usa military occupation of iraq is illegal, as the iraqi parliament voted for usa forces to leave. but usa refuses to comply. confirming iraq is a usa colony.
ussa’s pentacon hoe has more stretch marks than a 66 year old toothless, bulging and sagging skid row skag still trying to strut her beat and “charm” her client$ for her geriatric drooling pimp in the washing town sewer. it’s all so wonderfully maudlin, tawdry and pathetic to watch the old debauched hag slide down the gutter to her ruin. meanwhile the daily rampage plays out in $lumville as her insane kids shoot anything that moves and vertical pork terrorizes the tax cattle.
the assassination of mushtaq talib al-said was a terrorist act. the us are pushing their luck in syria and iraq, and just about everywhere else. there’s a new sheriff in town and he has more guns and more ammo and better shooters. the us murdered his brothers in cold blood. now the new sheriff is pissed and so will be calling the shots in the middle eastern part of town from now on. the murderers will be forced to retreat back to their hole in the ground.
maybe the only way iraq can get the us troops out is to actually invade the us. that would be a kicker. most likely, there are iraqi militants already inside the us and the biden dictatorship is so consumed by israel and ukraine, they wouldn’t notice until it’s too late. imagine that other countries the us has “assaulted” would join the party. yeah, sure, the us claims they have security “agencies” but the border is wide, wide open and is awaiting anti-us arrivals.
len do nich všivavých okupantov z usa!!! treba ich zničiť úplne!!! inak nebude pokoj a ani žiaden mier na blízkom východe.
we are crude ugly despised everywhere
it’s an occupation, they should leave where they are not wanted.?