Pentagon: We are not looking for a conflict in the Middle East
| Hours after the United States attacked positions in Iraq and Syria, the head of the Pentagon emphasized in a statement that although they will not tolerate an attack on American forces, they are not looking for a conflict in West Asia. |
Fars News Agency International Group; “We are not looking for a conflict in the Middle East (West Asia) or anywhere else”, these are part of the statement of the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, Lloyd Austin, following the attack of the United States this morning (Saturday) on positions in Iraq and Syria, which the United States says in response to last week’s attack on the Al-Burj base of this country in Jordan.
Despite the fact that the Pentagon announced in its statement that it carried out attacks against more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria has done, many representatives of Congress and even the media of this country described this attack as weak. After the death of 3 soldiers of this country in the attack on the “Burj-22” base on the border of Syria and Jordan, it has carried out attacks on the positions of “groups supported by Iran” in Iraq and Syria.
The United States has rejected Jordan and even no American official has yet confirmed the direct role of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this attack. repeated and said that although they are not looking for a conflict in West Asia, “the president and I will not tolerate an attack on American forces and we will take all necessary measures to defend the United States and our forces and interests”.
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