Pentagon: Attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria have decreased
The spokesperson of the US Department of Defense said that attacks on American soldiers in Iraq and Syria have decreased in recent days. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency, the Pentagon spokesman announced on Monday that the wave of attacks on American soldiers stationed in Iraq and Syria has subsided in recent days.
According to the American website “Navy Times”, US Air Force General Pat Ryder said on Monday that the bases hosting American soldiers in Iraq and Syria have been targeted by dozens of attacks since mid-October since November 23. So far, they have not been targeted by fire or drone attacks.
A few days ago, a US Defense Department official told Fox News that US forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked 73 times since October 17. have taken.
The Pentagon official, whose name was not mentioned, said that three of these attacks happened last Thursday.
Before that, “Sabrina Singh”, the deputy spokesperson of the US Ministry of Defense, had announced the latest statistics of attacks on the country’s bases in Iraq and Syria 66 times, including 32 attacks in Iraq and 34 The attacks were in Syria.
Singh confirmed on Tuesday evening during a press conference at the Pentagon that 62 soldiers of this country were injured as a result of attacks by resistance groups on American bases in Iraq and Syria.
According to the “New Times” website, the US military in response launched three attacks in Syria against what it called “facilities used by Iranian-backed militias to store equipment and ammunition.” And the last attack was carried out on November 13 (November 22).
Sabrina Singh claimed on Tuesday that there have been cases of immediate response by US aircraft in the region to drone or missile attacks.
Since the start of the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, dozens of American bases in the region have been targeted. The Iraqi resistance considers the United States to be the main responsible for the attacks of the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people.
The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas on October 7 (15th of Mehr) in response to more than seven decades of occupation of Palestine and nearly For two decades, the siege of Gaza and the imprisonment and torture of thousands of Palestinians began the operation known as “Al-Aqsa storm”. This operation was one of the deadliest attacks against this regime. Hamas fighters penetrated into the occupied territories at several points of the border fences, attacked villages and besides killing a large number of Israelis, captured a number of them.
Zionist regime In response to this operation, it launched heavy attacks against Gaza and placed this area under a complete siege. The attacks of the Zionist regime have led to the martyrdom of more than 14,500 Palestinians.
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