A MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)
Six pro-government fighters were killed and at least 11 others were wounded on August 11 when a drone strike hit a bus that was transporting them in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor, according to Al-Mayadeen TV.
The Lebanese news channel didn’t provide any further details. Pro-government forces in Deir Ezzor are mainly made up from Iran-backed Iraqi armed factions.
Syrian media reported that the strike took place near the town of al-Bukamal, which is located less than seven kilometers away from the border with Iraq. The Syrian Ministry of Defense has not commented on the attack, yet.
The deadly drone strike came after United States troops were wounded in two separate attacks in Iraq and Syria, which were both blamed on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions.
Five U.S. troops were wounded in a rocket attack that targeted Ain al-Asad Air Base in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar on August 5. More troops were wounded on August 9 when a suicide drone struck a U.S. base near the town of Khrab al-Jir in the northeastern Syrian governorate of al-Hasakah .
U.S. forces in Syria and neighboring Iraq were attacked more than 180 times after the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Palestinian Gaza Strip last October, with the IRI claiming responsibility for most of the attacks.
The IRI suspended attacks against U.S. forces last February after the death of three American troops in a drone strike on a base in Jordan, reportedly upon a request from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to facilitate talks on a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Still, the group is thought to be behind the recent attacks.
The drone strike in Deir Ezzor was very likely carried out by the U.S. in response to recent attacks on its bases in Syria and Iraq. If confirmed, this will lead to more escalation.
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the us falsely beliefs it has the legal right to defend itself on occupied land
make any excuse for those scum to kill somebody or steal from others and they will take up that banner.
once again s.f. and ‘writers’ shilling for us-zio-nato-colonialism.
this is how it should read:
‘carried out by the (invading) u.s. in response to recent (defensive actions against) its (illegally established) bases in (us-occupied) syria and iraq.’
ps: an neutral editor might help, in fact any type of editor would…
statement by ayatollah sistani on israel and the west: recently, this included the treacherous assassinations targeting prominent leaders in the resistance to the occupation – leading to a number of them being martyred and the sovereignty of a number of regional countries being violated – thus increasing the risks of major clashes occurring.
if so, god forbid, would inflict catastrophic consequences on various countries in the region and its peoples.
words fall short of condemning these heinous crimes perpetrated by savage humans devoid of all humane values and lofty principles.
continued: it is regrettable that they [the perpetrators] enjoy unlimited support from a number of major countries that prevent international laws of crimes against humanity being applied to them
my comment: probably soon there will be a fatwa to do jihad against american soldiers in iraq (and syria).
irak resistance should hire taliban groups of mercenaries to wipe out us bases relentless.
like a trip to disneyland but paid and controlled.
in this way both shia and sunnis could wipe the scum shoulder by shoulder together out.