2024-02-04 04:00:00
The Iraqi Army inspects a damaged car in Al Qaim. STRINGER | REUTERS
Bombings in retaliation for the attack on a North American base leave 45 dead
04 feb 2024 . Updated at 05:00 a.m.
Revenge consummated. The United States was waiting for the right moment to hit back for the murder of three of its soldiers at a base located between Syria and Jordan a week ago. The response came early Friday morning, when American forces forcefully hit the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria. In total, 45 people died, including civilians and militiamen.and the Biden Administration now puts the ball in Tehran’s court, which will decide whether or not to escalate hostilities.
The United States Army Central Command confirmed a total of 85 attacked positions linked to the Quds Forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, benefactor of the militias, to neutralize command and operations control centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles, unmanned vehicle warehouses and ammunition supply and logistics facilities and, of course, armed men.
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The attacked areas are mainly located in the Syrian-Iraqi desert. In the country ruled by Bashar al-Assad, precision projectiles rained down on the cities of Al Qaim and Akashat. The Islamic Resistance, integrated into the Popular Mobilization Units, confirmed the death of 16 combatants and 36 wounded. The Iraqi Government, still with the memory of the war against the Islamic State (IS) in its memory, criticized that This aggressive attack places security in Iraq and the region on the brink, in conflict with efforts to establish the necessary stability. through his spokesman, Basim al Awadi.
Military sources in Iraqi Kurdistan specify that the fear that tension will increase among citizens can rally the lone IS wolves left in the desert and boost their strength. The argument of foreign interference in Muslim soil is a strong catalyst for radicalism.
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Possible regional escalation
On the other hand, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 29 militants were killed in the towns of Mayadan and Deir al Zur, as well as in the Bukamal district. They did not specify how many civilians. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured that deaths fuel conflict in the region. But Syria is exhausted by a civil war that remains active despite Bashar al-Assad’s majority control of the country. No retaliation is expected from you.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Naser Kanani, assured that these attacks are another strategic mistake by the United States, while the Islamic Resistance announced that it will respond with what it considers appropriate at the time and place it wishes. This is not the end.
Russia has already requested through its Foreign Ministry that the UN Security Council address this emergency situation. From Washington, President Joe Biden warned: Let all those who may try to harm us know this: if you harm an American, we will respond.
Rafah prepares for the entry of Israeli troops with hardly any humanitarian aid
While the hostilities between Americans and the chi orbit continue, in Rafah, the Gazan town on the border with Egypt, they await the arrival of Israeli ground troops and suffer their bombings despite being the only safe area that the Government of Benjamn Netanyahu has promised civilians can go to escape the bombs.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the bombings on Rafah, more specifically on the home of the Hijazi family, which housed dozens of displaced people, killed 13 people. Missiles also fell on another house, causing the death of two people, in addition to an undetermined number of injuries.
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The Gaza Health Ministry announced a total of 24 deaths in the town, while raising the total number of deaths in the Strip during night attacks to 100. Since the start of the war, 27,238 civilians have already died, most of them women and children. Humanitarian aid is in short supply, as aid trucks pile up in Egypt and lack of funds may end assistance provided by the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA).
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