Illegal U.S. military base inside Syrian territory
Damascus, November 8 (RHC)-- Two military facilities housing U.S. occupation forces in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah were recently struck by drones and a barrage of rockets.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, in a statement published on its Telegram channel claimed responsibility for the attack on the al-Harir Air Base, situated 45 kilometers (27.9 miles) north of the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq.
It noted that the base was targeted by two drones and the aircraft “directly hit their targets,” linking the assault to Washington’s unconditional support for Israel’s bloody military campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the 14-billion-dollar aid bill, which includes billions for Israel's military, including $4 billion for procurement of Israel's Iron Dome and David's Sling defense systems to counter Palestinian retaliatory rocket attacks. Various U.S. officials have also supported Israel’s war on Gaza and rejected any ceasefire plan at the UN.
Washington last month vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Hamas and allow humanitarian aid access to the Gaza Strip.
Also, a volley of rockets rained down on a military base, where occupying American forces and allied Takfiri militants are stationed, in northeastern Syria.
Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network, citing local sources, reported that explosions were heard inside the U.S. base at the Abu Hajar Airport near the village of Kharab al-Jir, after a number of rockets fell in the area. There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.
Meanwhile, the head of the Iraqi resistance group Harakat Hezbollah Nujaba says the ongoing battle against U.S. occupation forces will continue until they are fully withdrawn from the Iraqi soil. Akram al-Kaabi, founder and secretary-general of the movement, stated on Friday night that “This is a life and death battle against a cunning enemy. Either they or we should stay here.”
He added: “The Iraqi resistance is ready to mobilize its ground forces, who have overcome Daesh terrorists and other Takfiri militants in Iraq and neighboring Syria, and join the battle against Zionists.”
Kaabi then addressed the Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, saying, “Resistance forces can collectively annihilate the Zionist regime, achieve the final victory and liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque.”
“We assure our brethren in Palestine and Lebanon that their comrades in Iraq, who engaged in the battle against the Zionist regime from the second day of the Operation [al-Aqsa Storm], will stand by their side,” he said.
The Harakat Hezbollah Nujaba chief had earlier highlighted in a post published on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq is determined to liberate the country, and that there is no respite and retreat from the decision.
“As long as Palestinian children are suffering under heavy Israeli bombardment, we will neither allow the US nor Israeli authorities to sleep peacefully,” Kaabi said.
