On Friday, February 2, the United States launched a counterattack targeting al-Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and personnel of pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria, at the same time as the remains. Three of the American soldiers killed in Jordan were sent back to the United States, announcing the American military command for the Middle East (CENTCOM).
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reported that at least eighteen pro-Iranian fighters were killed in the thirty-minute airstrike over eastern Syria and western Iraq, including five in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
Joe Biden vowed to respond to the deadly drone strike on Sunday, January 28, near the Syrian border, which Washington attributed to groups backed by Iran. “Our response began today. It will continue as per the schedule and at the locations we have decided”.The president said on Friday. “The United States does not want conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let those who seek to harm us know this well: If you touch an American, we will respond.He further indicated in a press release, hours after the bodies of the three slain American soldiers were recovered.
The American executive indicated that the retaliation would be multiple and spread over time against different targets.
Eighty-five targeted sites
For his part, General Yehia Rasool, the Iraqi prime minister’s military spokesman, Mohammed Chia al-Sudani, criticized in a press release. “Violation of Sovereignty” After the air strikes of Iraq. He added that he feared the consequences “Destructive to the security and stability of Iraq and the region”.
This strike “Includes over 125 precision battles”They targeted more than 85 locations, including command and intelligence centers, as well as drone and missile storage infrastructure of the military and Iranian forces, CENTCOM said in its statement. “which enabled attacks on US and coalition forces”, including Sundays. The Pentagon said numerous warplanes, including long-range bombers, were mobilized in the strike.
“The headquarters of armed groups in al-Qaim area was targeted, according to initial information it is a small arms warehouse”, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official told Agence France-Presse, speaking on condition of anonymity. An official from Hachad al-Chaabi, a coalition of former paramilitary forces that brings together these pro-Iranian groups, confirmed the strike and another bombing targeting a location in the al-Akachat region further south.
intense pressure
The American military took action on the day its commander in chief, on the tarmac of the Dover Military Base (Delaware), paid tribute to the three soldiers killed. The bodies of soldiers from the US state of Georgia, William Jerome Rivers, Kennedy Ledon Sanders and Breona Alexandria Moffett, were taken one by one from an impressive military transport plane, in American flag-draped coffins. The 81-year-old president lay motionless in the cold wind, hand over his heart and his gaze fixed straight ahead, as bodies passed by.
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The Democrat, campaigning for a second term, faces intense pressure from his Republican opponents to respond strongly to Iran.
Former President Donald Trump, the favorite for his party’s nomination, has already gone on the offensive “weakness” From his Democratic opponent, American forces in the Middle East have suffered numerous attacks since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. Joe Biden, however, reiterated that he does not want regional escalation or open conflict with Iran.
