The United States bombed pro-Iran groups in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the death of three of his soldiers in Jordan. The American attack was condemned by different countries from which they assured that they are “extremely dangerous“because they contribute to fuel the conflict in the Middle East.
As indicated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH)After the attack, at least 29 pro-Iran fighters in eastern Syria following the attacks, including nine Syrians, six Iraqis and six Lebanese from the Shiite Hezbollah movement. Furthermore, the government of Iraq reported a total of 16 deathsamong them civilians, reaching a total of 45 victims.
Strong criticism of the US after the attack in Iraq and Syria
USA indicated that the operations were directed against elite forces and pro-Iranian militias to which he attributed the drone attack that killed three US soldiers at a base in Jordan -where they were deployed within the framework of the international coalition fighting the Islamic State organization- on January 28.
After the bombing, Several countries condemned the actions of the United States and criticized the attacks. Russia was one of them, from where they requested the “urgent” convening of a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss “the threat to peace and security created by the bombings in Syria and Iraq.”
For its part, the Syrian Foreign Ministry expressed that US retaliation contributes to “fueling the conflict in the Middle East in an extremely dangerous way“. While Iraq denounced a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty“.
Iran, the enemy of Washington and Israel, condemned “energetically“the bombings and warned that this could “aggravate tensions and instability in the region.” Along the same lines, the head of European diplomacy said, Josep Borrellwho maintained that we should all “avoid escalation“.
The movement to Nujaba, a member of “Islamic Resistance in Iraq”, issued a statement warning that it would respond “at the appropriate time” to the US attacks. For its part, the Palestinian movement Hamas He stated that these attacks only add fuel to the fire.
Meanwhile, after the attacks, the president joe biden warned: “The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But all those who want to harm us know: if you harm an American, we will respond“.
The conflict between the US in Iraq and Syria
As stated by the White House, the US operation lasted about thirty minutes and they considered it “a success”, although they also emphasized that they do not want a “war” with Iran. In total, American forces attacked 85 objectives at seven different pointsfour in Syria and three in Iraq.
Currently, some 900 US soldiers are deployed in Syria and another 2,500 in Iraq as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition created to combat the group Islamic State (IS)which almost ten years ago came to control large areas of both countries.
Although the defeat of IS was announced in 2017 in Iraq and 2019 in Syria, the coalition remained to fight jihadist cells who continue to carry out attacks.
Since mid-October, More than 165 drone and rocket attacks targeted US forces deployed in Iraq and Syriabut no American servicemen had died until the January 28 attack.
The truth is that these attacks have multiplied since the start of the war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel on October 7, all claimed mostly by the organization “Islamic Resistance in Iraq.”
Source: Ambito
