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Biden Orders ‘Precision’ Airstrikes Against Iran-Backed Groups in Syria After US Base Is Attacked
Biden Orders ‘Precision’ Airstrikes Against Iran-Backed Groups in Syria After US Base Is Attacked
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A number of rockets landed on 15 August near the Green Village base in north-eastern Syria where US troops are housed, but they did not cause any injuries... 24.08.2022, Sputnik International
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President Joe Biden ordered the military to carry out airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, on Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement cited by CNN.The airstrikes were aimed at "infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," CENTCOM spokesman, Col Joe Buccino, said.The 15 August attack "did not result in damage or injuries”, the statement added.Biden, according to the statement, "gave the direction for these strikes pursuant to his Article II authority to protect and defend US personnel by disrupting or deterring attacks by Iran-backed groups."The US airstrikes came in retaliation for an attack on the Green Village base near the Iraqi border on 15 August. Several rockets landed near the military base in north-eastern Syria housing US troops without causing any injuries, according to a statement from Maj Gen John Brennan, the commander of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the US-led operation against ISIS.Several rockets had failed to launch as part of the attack on the base that holds a "small number" of coalition forces, including American service members, one official was cited as saying.A number of drones were also repelled by US-led coalition forces near their Al-Tanf base in Syria on the same day, according to a press release from the coalition.The attempted attack resulted in "zero casualties or reported damage," according to the release from Combined Joint Task Force - OIR.Earlier this year, in January, the US military carried out strikes in Syria after indirect fire was assessed as having posed "an imminent threat" to troops near the Green Village base.The US continues to maintain approximately 900 troops in Syria illegally, controlling territories in northern and north-eastern Syria in the provinces of Deir ez-Zor, Al-Hasakah and Raqqa, where Syria's largest oil and gas deposits are located.Stationed without any legal claim (such as an invitation from the government in Damascus or a mandate from the UN Security Council) the Combined Joint Task Force - OIR describes itself as a global coalition to defeat what remains of the Daesh* caliphate in Iraq and Syria.The force is overseeing the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia. Together with the SDF, the US controls Syria’s oil-rich eastern provinces.Damascus has repeatedly accused the US of plundering its resources, as proved by the large convoys of American forces transporting Syrian crude out of the country.On 21 August the US military illegally transported 137 tanker trucks with oil from Syria to Iraq, Syrian state news agency SANA reported, citing sources.Oil was transported in two convoys - one of 122 tanker trucks and the other of 15 - and used the Mahmoudiya illegal border crossing to get to Iraq, SANA stated.The US is also training fighters of the Syrian opposition and the Daesh terrorist group to conduct terrorist attacks in Damascus-controlled territory, according to Admiral Igor Kostyukov - head of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) - while addressing the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security this month. The Russian official accused the US of creating the threat of turning Syria into an arena of conflict between Israel and Iran.Damascus has repeatedly decried the presence of US troops on its territory, describing it as an "occupation" and "state piracy" for the purpose of plundering oil.*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia.
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Biden Orders ‘Precision’ Airstrikes Against Iran-Backed Groups in Syria After US Base Is Attacked
05:08 GMT 24.08.2022 (Updated: 09:06 GMT 10.02.2023) A number of rockets landed on 15 August near the Green Village base in north-eastern Syria where US troops are housed, but they did not cause any injuries, according to US officials and a statement from the US-led coalition.
President Joe Biden ordered the military to carry out airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, on Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement cited by CNN.
The airstrikes were aimed at "infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," CENTCOM spokesman, Col Joe Buccino, said.
"These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect US forces from attacks such as the ones on 15 August against US personnel by Iran-backed groups," he said, referring to last week's attack on the Green Village base near the Iraqi border.
The 15 August attack "did not result in damage or injuries”, the statement added.
Biden, according to the statement, "gave the direction for these strikes pursuant to his Article II authority to protect and defend US personnel by disrupting or deterring attacks by Iran-backed groups."
16 August 2022, 12:56 GMT
The US airstrikes came in retaliation for an attack on the Green Village base near the Iraqi border on 15 August. Several rockets landed near the
military base in north-eastern Syria housing US troops without causing any injuries, according to a statement from Maj Gen John Brennan, the commander of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the US-led operation against ISIS.
Several rockets had failed to launch as part of the attack on the base that holds a "small number" of coalition forces, including American service members, one official was cited as saying.
A number of drones were also repelled by US-led coalition forces near their Al-Tanf base in Syria on the same day, according to a press release from the coalition.
The attempted attack resulted in "zero casualties or reported damage," according to the release from Combined Joint Task Force - OIR.
Earlier this year, in January, the US military carried out strikes in Syria after indirect fire was assessed as having posed "an imminent threat" to troops near the Green Village base.
The US continues to maintain approximately 900 troops in Syria illegally, controlling territories in northern and north-eastern Syria in the provinces of Deir ez-Zor, Al-Hasakah and Raqqa, where Syria's largest oil and gas deposits are located.
Stationed without any legal claim (such as an invitation from the government in Damascus or a mandate from the UN Security Council) the Combined Joint Task Force - OIR describes itself as a global coalition to defeat what remains of the Daesh* caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
The force is overseeing the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia. Together with the SDF, the US controls Syria’s oil-rich eastern provinces.
21 August 2022, 11:47 GMT
Damascus has repeatedly accused the US of
plundering its resources, as proved by the large convoys of American forces transporting Syrian crude out of the country.
On 21 August the US military illegally transported 137 tanker trucks with oil from Syria to Iraq, Syrian state news agency SANA reported, citing sources.
Oil was transported in two convoys - one of 122 tanker trucks and the other of 15 - and used the Mahmoudiya illegal border crossing to get to Iraq, SANA stated.
The US is also
training fighters of the Syrian opposition and the Daesh terrorist group to conduct terrorist attacks in Damascus-controlled territory, according to Admiral Igor Kostyukov - head of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) - while addressing the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security this month. The Russian official accused the US of creating the threat of turning Syria into an arena of conflict between Israel and Iran.
Damascus has repeatedly decried the presence of US troops on its territory, describing it as an "occupation" and "state piracy" for the purpose of plundering oil.
*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia.
