The February 2 United States strikes on Iraq and Syria have reportedly claimed the lives of more than 30 fighters from Iranian-backed forces.
The strikes were launched by B-1B strategic bombers and other American warplanes and hit 85 targets in three sites in Iraq and four others in Syria.
The U.S. said that the attack, which lasted for 30 minutes and employed more than 125 precision munitions, was carried out in response to a drone strike that killed three American service members and wounded more than 40 others in a base in Jordan last weekend.
Washington blamed the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), a broad coalition of Iranian-backed armed factions, for the deadly strike.
At least 16 people have been killed in U.S. retaliatory strikes in Iraq, the government said, condemning the “new aggression against” its sovereignty.
Civilians were among the fatalities, and 25 people were wounded in the bombings that targeted both civilian and security areas, a government spokesperson said.
“This aggressive strike will put security in Iraq and the region on the brink of the abyss,” the Iraqi government said, and denied Washington’s claims of coordinating the airstrikes with Baghdad as “false” and “aimed at misleading international public opinion”.
Meanwhile, the Syrian military announced in a statement that U.S. strikes resulted in numerous civilian and military casualties, injuries, and significant damage to both private and public properties. However, it didn’t provide any details or numbers.
The statement highlighted that the targeted region in eastern Syria is where the Syrian military is actively combating the last remnants of ISIS, “implying a concerning alliance between the U.S. forces and this extremist group.”
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, said that 18 people were killed. These claims are yet to be verified.
Despite the heavy death toll, the U.S. strikes failed to deter Iranian-backed forces. Just minutes after the strikes, there were reports of a rocket attack on the Conoco gas plant in Syria’s Deir Ezzor, which hosts a number of U.S. troops.
The next day, the IRI announced that it had targeted the Harir Air Base in the northern Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan with a suicide drone and released video footage of the attack. It also vowed that its military campaign against U.S. forces will go on.
The IRI carried out more than a hundred attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria since the outbreak of the war in Gaza and the unwavering support by Washington for it.
The U.S. vowed that strikes on Iranian-backed forces will continue. This will likely only lead to more escalation in Iraq, Syria and other parts of the Middle East.
the following question should be posed to the unga, vote on it and have it given to the unsc for it’s decision. it should be as simple as this; ” is the us illegally on syrian soil under international law? yes or no? ” no reasons to be given to ‘justify’ the us just a simple yes or no.
it should be noted as well the american forces that were killed did not die in jordan, it occurred in syria. get it correct south front! this latest is a continued act of war against a sovereign state.
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pathetic homo nazi sawyer evicted from trailer park–desperate for attention, now senile discorded
i am sure those head hacking thugs in idlib will be happy.
ignore that clown 🤡
awesome! good job 👍
gud hand job homosexual hillbilly—go sniff more glue you immoral moron
fuck off fag
36 homo amerikan ugly soldiers in hospital—never trust murikan snake liar—actually 87 dead; 172 in hospital
the russian radars blind and deaf, as usual??? the bombers could be downed by s500
russia has only few s-500 systems… there are none in iraq or syria my dude.
also, don’t believe anything for now… the news are mix of lies and propaganda at the moment.
“the syrian observatory for human rights, a london-based monitoring group, said that 18 people were killed.” might as well just believe cia… that is mi6.
“at least 16 people have been killed in u.s. retaliatory strikes in iraq, the government said” mainly civilians as iraqi government is mad about.
again none of these attacks were against irgc – if they attack them, it would get worse… for the us and israel lmfao.
also, the best time to attack is now as many people saying it – even yanquis backing down lol.
rest in pieces. yea
ressitance should not target us zionist force if they dont want to kill them. be serious and killed this zionist force in large numbers then only they will understand what is ressitanceis made up . ressitanse are doing half job . killthis zionist scum with deadly strike . they kill dozens of fighters for 3 us soldier. is that fair for you.
this is eternal whack a mole.
it won’t impact the resolve of the fighters.
yankee bombing still keeping the region down though. not allowing it to develop the economy and society.
something will wnt n dun pay for damages……… murica!!!
my rat personality make many lgbt amerikan friend–glue make me senile 74 years ago
well, we know just killing more people will just increase the escalation and one wonders the stupidity of us zionist idiots.
tom blows us military transvestites for attention.
underground is only way. russia has almost every factory producing military gear above ground. this is madness. i can honestly say that syria and iraq has invested zero in producing in house sam systems or radars. throwing rocks, sandals and shoes will get them nowhere.
america wants to return the iss islamic group; this is just the case now.
just keep killing american troops in the middle east. this is not their home, they do not belong there and will never win. the people who live there wil be victorious against the cancer of western hegemony
we rats always attack civilians
when child torturing and murdering pedophiles tell you something, expect the opposite and worse than you can imagine. they’re probably psyching themselves up to killing the families of some russian or chinese or iranians now.
illegal amerikunts more immoral than dumpster lgbt dane