Iraqi resistance targets U.S. military base in eastern Syria in retaliatory strike

Edited by Ed Newman
2024-01-13 18:45:52

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A convoy of U.S. military vehicles moves in the village of Khirbet Amo, near the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, close to the Turkish border. (File photo by Reuters)

Baghdad, January 14 (RHC)-- Amid simmering anti-U.S. sentiment over Washington’s support for the Israeli air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip, Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have carried out an attack against a U.S. military installation in the eastern Syrian province of Dayr al-Zawr.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, in a statement published on its Telegram channel claimed responsibility for the rocket strike against the facility that houses US troops at the Conoco gas field.  The group noted that the attack was carried out in retaliation for US support of Israel’s bloody war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

There were no immediate reports about the extent of damage at the military facility, or possible casualties.

The United States, Israel’s biggest ally, has provided the regime with arms and ammunitions since the initiation of the war of aggression against Gaza -- and even long before during the illegal Israeli occupation.

The U.S. House of Representatives on November 2 passed a stand-alone $14.3-billion military assistance package for Israel. The legislation, however, is yet to clear the Senate. 

Washington has also vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions that called on the occupying regime to cease its aggression.



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