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U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes Against Iranian-Backed Militia Facilities in Syria: Pentagon

 


By Reuters, Wire Service ContentFeb. 25, 2021, at 6:34 p.m

 

 

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BY IDREES ALI AND PHIL Stewart

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to recent rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq.

 

The strikes, which were first reported by Reuters, appeared to be limited in scope, potentially lowering the risk of escalation.

Biden's decision to strike only in Syria and not in Iraq, at least for now, also gives the Iraqi government some breathing room as it carries out its own investigation of a Feb. 15 attack that wounded Americans.

"At President (Joe) Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

"President Biden will act to protect American and Coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to de-escalate the overall situation in both eastern Syria and Iraq," Kirby said.

He added that the strikes destroyed multiple facilities at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed militant groups, including Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS).

A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the decision to carry out these strikes was meant to send a signal that while the United States wanted to punish the militias, it did not want the situation to spiral into a bigger conflict.

It was not immediately clear what damage was caused and if there were any casualties from the U.S. strike.

Retaliatory U.S. military strikes have occurred a number of times in the past few years.

The rocket attacks on U.S. positions in Iraq were carried out as Washington and Tehran are looking for a way to return to the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by former U.S. President Donald Trump.

 

It was not clear how, or whether, the strike might affect U.S. efforts to coax Iran back into a negotiation about both sides resuming compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal.

In the Feb. 15 attack, rockets hit the U.S. military base housed at Erbil International Airport in the Kurdish-run region killing one non-another site and injuring a number of American contractors and a U.S. service member. Another salvo struck a base hosting U.S. forces north of Baghdad days later hurting at least one contractor.

Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone on Monday which houses the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic missions.

Earlier this week, the Kata'ib Hezbollah, one oU.S. carries out airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria- Pentagonf the main Iran-aligned Iraqi militia group, denied any role in recent rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq.

Some Western and Iraqi officials say the attacks, often claimed by little-known groups, are being carried out by militants with links to Kata'ib Hezbollah as a way for Iranian allies to harass U.S. forces without being held accountable.

Since late 2019, the United States carried out high-profile strikes against the Kataib Hezbollah militia group in Iraq and Syria in response to sometimes deadly rocket attacks against U.S.-led forces.

Under the Trump administration, the escalator back-and-forth stoked tensions, culminating in the U.S. killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani and a retaliatory Iranian ballistic missile attack against U.S. forces in Iraq last year.


(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart; Editing by Leslie Adler and Grant McCool)

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-02-25/exclusive-us-carries-out-airstrike-against-iranian-backed-militia-target-in-syria-officials

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The bombings were in retaliation for attacks against American personnel in Iraq

February 25, 2021
   
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The United States military has carried out airstrikes in Syria against Iranian-backed forces in the war-torn nation at the authorization of President Joe Biden.

 

 

According to the Pentagon, the bombings were in response to recent attacks against American personnel in Iraq.

What are the details?

Fox News reported that the U.S. hit multiple facilities in an Iranian-backed militia stronghold, and that according to a senior official, "the strike was a defensive strategy, intended to halt and deter future rocket attacks by the militia group that recently hit Baghdad and Erbil."

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told the outlet:

"These strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against American and coalition personnel in Iraq, and to ongoing threats to those personnel. Specifically the strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian backed militant groups including Kait'ib Hezbollah and Kait'ib Sayyid al Shuhada. This proportionate military response was conducted together with diplomatic measures, including consultation with coalition partners. The operation sends an unambiguous message; President Biden will act to protect American coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to deescalate the overall situation in both Eastern Syria and Iraq."

Last week, an American servicemember and several American contractors were killed in a rocket attack in Erbil, within Iraq's northern Kurdistan region. Then on Monday, two rockets hit hear the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, in the third attack within the past week.

According to Reuters, U.S. officials said the "decision to strike only in Syria and not in Iraq would give the Iraqi government some breathing room as it carries out its own investigation of a Feb. 15 attack that wounded Americans."

 

 

Following news of the strike, Americans on both sides of the political aisle criticized Biden on social media for the bombings in Syria over fears of starting another war, with some frustrated that the action took priority over delivering further COVID-19 relief.

Libertarian-leaning Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) tweeted in response to the airstrikes, " @POTUS dragging the US into Syria's civil war is a huge mistake. I strongly condemn this foolish military adventurism."

Supporters of former President Donald Trump were also quick to remind followers that he did not launch any new military engagements over the past four years.

Americans are paying particular attention to the strike because it occurred little over a month into the Biden administration, as the nation continues to grapple with whether or not — and how — to end long-term occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The New York Times reported in reaction to Thursday's bombing of Syria:

The deliberateness of the new administration's approach has raised questions both in Washington and in Baghdad about where Mr. Biden's red lines are when it comes to responding to attacks from Iranian-backed militias that target Americans in Iraq.
 
 
 
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The night Iran's militia hit ... smart bombs demolished 7 sites on the Syrian-Iraqi border

 
Alhurra - Washington
 

February 26, 2021
 

 

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Smart bombs have bombed the sites of Iranian-backed militants in Syria on the border with Iraq, in a US raid that came in response to the recent missile attacks in Iraq.

The details revealed by US officials and American newspapers indicate a "deliberate response" by the new US administration to the intensified missile attacks in the recent period against American and coalition forces in Iraq.

Al-Hurra reporter said that the raids targeted seven sites and used smart bombs, each with a capacity of 250 kilograms of explosives.

Al-Hurra's correspondent stated that the raids were carried out at 11 pm GMT, which is 6 pm Washington, DC time.

A spokesman for the US Department of Defense (Pentagon), John Kirby, had confirmed that the US military launched, under the direction of the US President, Joe Biden, on Thursday evening, air strikes targeting infrastructure, used by armed groups backed by Iran, in eastern Syria.

He emphasized that the strikes destroyed several facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed armed groups, including the "Hezbollah Brigades" and the "Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada" Brigades.

In remarks following the strikes, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed that the correct target was hit, and said, "We are sure that the target that was targeted in Syria was being used by the militias that carried out the missile attacks in Iraq."

For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that at least 17 pro-Iranian militants were killed in these raids.

An American official told Al-Hurra correspondent, "Our message is: We will not turn a blind eye to Iranian militia attacks."

The New York Times quoted US officials as saying that the recent strikes were a "very small" response, represented by "throwing a bomb at a small group of buildings on the Syrian-Iraqi border used to cross militia fighters and weapons into and out of the country."

The strikes were carried out in Syria "to avoid a diplomatic response by the Iraqi government," according to the newspaper.

The officials said the Pentagon had presented larger sets of targets, but the US President had given the green light to implement "smaller" targets.

"The administration took a deliberate response to the missile attack in Erbil," the New York Times said.

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Reports: The American raids targeted an Iraqi military convoy, leaving 22 martyrs

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26th February, 2022


Agency "Reuters" reported, quoting local sources and a medical source, on Friday, that the raids launched by the United States last night on eastern Syria left at least 17 martyrs.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced, in a report on the US raids, that the death toll from the American bombing that affected the Albu Kamal border area with Iraq has increased to at least 22 martyrs from the Popular Mobilization Forces, most of them from the Hezbollah Brigades, indicating that the toll is expected to rise.

The observatory's report added, "The bombing targeted sites and a shipment of weapons when they entered the Syrian territories from Iraq through a military crossing near the main Al-Qaim crossing in the Albu Kamal area in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor," noting that "the American raids resulted in the complete destruction of three ammunition trucks." 

The Pentagon announced that the recent airstrikes were carried out, based on intelligence information provided by the Iraqi side, against Iranian-backed armed factions in eastern Syria, in response to the recent attacks against American employees in Iraq.

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