American forces killed on Wednesday “two or three people suspected of being militants supported by Iran and having led one of the attacks” which targeted them in northeast Syria.
Le Monde with AFP
After carrying out an air bombing on Tuesday in Syria, the US military announced on Wednesday August 24, having done a military operation again to reply to strikes that targeted it in northeast Syria.
“American forces have responded today to rocket fire in two sites in Syria, destroying three vehicles and the equipment used to launch some of the rockets,” said the command of the American army in a statement For the Middle East (Centcom).
“The first evaluations indicate that two or three people suspected of being militants supported by Iran and having led one of the attacks were killed during the American response,” continues the press release.
Hundreds of American soldiers are still deployed in northeast Syria as part of the anti-jihadist coalition responsible for fighting, with their Kurdish allies of the Syrian Democratic Forces (FDS), the remains of the Islamic State group (EI ).
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“The United States is not trying to conflict with Iran”
Tuesday, the United States announced that it had bombed pro-Iranian militias bases in the east of the country. These strikes aimed at “infrastructure used by groups affiliated with revolution guards”, according to the American army. The body of the revolution guards, considered as the ideological army of the Iranian regime, appears on the black American list of “terrorist groups”. Iran then denied any link with the armed groups targeted by these air strikes.
Roquette attacks began, on Wednesday, around 7:20 pm local “in the perimeter” of the American base of Conoco then in that of Green Village, said Centcom. A “member of the armed forces” was slightly injured, and received care before returning to work, and two others suffered “minor injuries”, according to the press release.
American forces have used helicopters to respond to these rockets in a “proportional and intentional”, writes the American army. “The United States is not trying to conflict with Iran, but we will continue to take the necessary measures to protect and defend our people,” it is still stated.
“The new assault of the American army against the Syrian people is a terrorist act against the groups and combatants fighting against the occupation and which have no affiliation with Iran,” said earlier, Wednesday, The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani.