Pentagon: The American base in Syria was targeted today
| A US Defense Department official told Al-Monitor on Wednesday that a US base in Syria was targeted by a rocket attack this morning. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, an American Defense Ministry official told Al-Monitor that an American base in Syria was targeted by a rocket attack this morning.
This official of the US Department of Defense said that the rocket attack on the “mission support site in the Euphrates of Syria” did not cause any damage or injuries.
He said that it is still too early to say whether this attack is an isolated attack or whether it is going to be the beginning of new attacks on US bases or not.
“Abu Hossein al-Hamidawi”, the general secretary of the Iraqi Hezbollah brigades, said in a statement on Saturday this week that the attacks against American bases will not stop as long as this country continues to occupy Iraq.
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Al Hamidawi emphasized: “Until Iraq is liberated, the confrontation with the occupying forces will not stop, and this is a decision that we will not deviate from, no matter how many casualties there are.”
However, he said that rocket and drone attacks against US bases, which have started since the beginning of the war in Gaza, will decrease during the days of the ceasefire in Gaza.
The cease-fire in Gaza started last Friday with the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, and so far several groups of prisoners from both sides have been released.
A Pentagon official said the other day that attacks on American bases have decreased “at least temporarily”. He said that the last attack on the American base was carried out on November 23 (2nd of December).
On the 2nd of December, news sources reported that the American base in Erbil Airport, located in northern Iraq, was the target of the attack. is placed On the same day, al-Mayadeen news channel also reported, quoting its sources, that the US occupation base in “Ain al-Asad” located in the west of Iraq was also attacked.
The US military base in the province Deir ez-Zor, located in the east of Syria, was attacked on the second day of Azar.
A day later, a US Defense Ministry official told Fox News that US forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked 73 times since October 17th until that day (December 3rd).
Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, resistance groups have repeatedly targeted American military bases in Iraq and Syria.
America is considered the most important supporter of Israel in the all-out aggression of the Zionists on the Gaza Strip. International organizations have declared that the amount of destruction and casualties caused by the Zionist regime’s aggression on Gaza cannot be described in words. After seven decades of occupation of Palestine and nearly two decades of siege of Gaza and imprisonment and torture of thousands of Palestinians, he started the operation known as “Al-Aqsa Storm”. This operation is one of the deadliest attacks against this regime. Was. 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 15,000 Palestinians.
In the latest development, Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement to establish a ceasefire and exchange prisoners, which began last Friday morning.
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