America It bombed dozens of targets on Friday Iraq Y Syria Said to be attached Iran Three US soldiers were killed and 40 injured in a drone strike last week. What is known so far about this military attack on pro-Iranian militias?
“Successful” bombing
According to the US version, it was last Sunday in Jordan, near the Syrian border An attack by pro-Iranian armed groups against a US base caused casualties and injuries. US President Joe Biden, in a statement, is not looking for a conflict in the Middle East, but He warned that his country would respond strongly to any attack.
And this answer didn't take long to come. Bomb blast Iraq Y Syria It lasted half an hour, during which 85 targets and facilities associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iraq were hit. Iran and Iranian-backed militias operating in those countries.
According to the Pentagon, targets hit include operations centers, intelligence centers, rocket and missile depots, drone depots and logistics facilities linked to several attacks by pro-Iranian groups against forces in recent weeks. America.
According to US officials, the strikes were “successful” and accurately hit military targets in both countries. Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the blasts were “carefully chosen” to avoid civilian casualties. EU There is “irrefutable evidence” that they are linked to attacks on US personnel in the region.
Also, the official added EU Government was notified earlier Iraq added that Not in touch with Iran From the blast It ended the lives of three American soldiers.
Iraq accuses the US of lying
Government of Iraq He denied that on Saturday America to coordinate with this country's authorities to carry out its bombing campaign against pro-Iranian militant positions in the West Iraq and accused Washington of “deceiving international public opinion”.
“The US side deliberately deceived and falsified the facts by announcing prior coordination to carry out this invasion, a false claim aimed at deceiving the international public,” Iraqi government spokesman Bassam al-Awadi said in a statement.
According to the Iraqi executive memo, Kirby's statements were intended to “deny legal responsibility for this crime, which is rejected by all international rights.”
Al Awadi pointed out that “this blatant aggression” against the areas of Al Qaim and Akashad, is close to the border. SyriaApart from 25 injuries and material damage to residential buildings and public facilities, it resulted in the death of 16 people, including civilians.
“This aggressive attack poses a security risk. Iraq and area on the edge of the crater, further contradicting efforts to establish the necessary stability,” the spokesperson pointed out in the note, in which he warned. Iraq “It is not a suitable place to send messages and show strength between enemies.”
Spokesperson for the Chief of the Armed Forces IraqMajor General Yahya Rasool Abdullah assured Bombings EU A “violation of Iraqi sovereignty” and a threat, the consequences of which would be “catastrophic for security and stability”..
Images posted on social media on February 2, 2024 show multiple explosions along the Iraq-Syria border following US strikes. | Source: AFP
Syria: Bombings will trigger “conflict”.
Ministry of External Affairs Syria He warned this Saturday Bombings America “Very dangerously fueling conflict in the Middle East.”
“What they did could very dangerously inflame the conflict in the Middle East,” the Damascus foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the Syrian state news agency SANA, which also described the bombings against the east. Syria Arab country's “violation of sovereignty”.
Similarly, he categorically rejected “all pretexts and lies promoted by the US administration to justify this attack”, which was launched by Washington against pro-Iranian militias. Syria e Iraq.
According to the Ministry of Defence SyriaThe blasts caused the death of “several civilians and soldiers” and caused “significant damage to public and private property,” a report said.
However, a United Kingdom-based monitoring center and a wider network of collaborators on the ground confirmed that at least 18 militants had died overnight.
Iran: America's “Strategic Government Error”
Ministry of External Affairs Iran He said that American bombings to pro-Iranian militant positions Iraq Y Syria He warned that they would violate the sovereignty of those countries and only increase tensions in the Middle East region.
“The attacks last night Syria e Iraq “They are another adventurous and strategic error by the US government, which will have no effect other than increasing tension and instability in the region,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Khanani said in a statement.
Kanani said the attacks violated the “sovereignty and territorial integrity” of the two Arab countries, as well as “international law and the United Nations Charter”.
Diplomat Iran Argued that US military strikes against Iraq, Syria And Yemen simply satisfies the objectives of the Zionist regime (Israel).
Also, a spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs Iran He also warned of the dimensions of war and conflict in the region and the danger of geographical expansion, warning that “such adventures threaten regional and international peace and security”.
More than 40 people were killed in the blast
Revenge bombings America against Iranian-backed militia positions this morning Syria e Iraq They have caused nearly 40 deaths in both countries, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Iraqi government.
At least 23 people were killed in US bombings in the east SyriaThe UK-based NGO is an NGO with an extensive network of collaborators on the ground, including nine “Syrian fighters”.
So far no official death toll has been released in Syria, although the country's defense ministry said the bombings had caused “the death of many civilians and soldiers” and “significant damage to public and private property”.
The Iraqi government, for its part, condemned Washington's first airstrikes in retaliation for the deaths of three people, killing at least 16 people, including civilians, and injuring more than 30 others in the west of the country. Its soldiers in Jordan, he says, are pro-Iranian militias Iraq.
Iraqi militias respond to bombings
The Iraqi al-Nujaba militia is the most prominent of the pro-Iranian Islamist resistance groups. IraqToday it said it would retaliate for the blasts America.
“Let the US aggression and its unfortunate administration know that the Islamic resistance will respond as it sees fit when and where it wants, and that this is not the end,” the pro-Iranian Armed Movement said in a statement. Its channel from Telegram.
Al Nujaba, considered a terrorist group by Washington, has said it has “surprises to enrage the enemy” and its aim is to force the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
“We repeat, so the deaf can hear, we will not give up or retreat, we will not be defeated,” the pro-Iran movement said in the note, which described the blasts. EU It “violated sovereignty and dignity” as it caused 16 deaths on Iraqi soil. Iraq“.
The aforementioned group deviated from the declaration of Kataib Hezbollah, the flagship of the Islamist opposition. Iraq, announced it was suspending operations in Jordan after the deaths of three American soldiers. (with information from EFE)
