U.S. forces stationed in both countries since U.S. fighters bombed Iran-backed militias bases and facilities in Syria and Iraq on June 28. Attacks that seem to have aimed at are occurring frequently.
"Iranian-supported militia" is a general term for armed groups called "Iranian militia" or "Shia militia", and is the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its elite unit, the Godos army, and the same unit. Refers to Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Iraqi People's Mobilization Corps, the Fertimieun Brigade of the Afghanistan militia, and the Zainabyyun Brigade of the Pakistani militia.
A series of attacks in Iraq
In Iraq, on July 5, two unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) flew to the Ain Arab Air Base in Anbar Governorate, where US troops are stationed, and the US military air defense system destroyed them.
On the same day, a drone approached the US embassy in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, but it was also destroyed.
On July 6, the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq, where US troops are stationed, was attacked by a bomb-laden drone.
The US Consulate in Erbil, which is also the main capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, sounded a siren and called for caution, but the US Department of Defense announced that there was no human or property damage.
In addition, several rockets were fired at Ein Assad base on July 7, injuring several Iraqi soldiers, according to the Iraqi Sumarya Channel.
In response to the June 28 U.S. military attack, the Iraqi People's Mobilization Corps issued a press statement stating that it "reserves retaliation for these attacks and the right to punish criminals within Iraqi territory," suggesting retaliation. bottom. The involvement of Iraqi people's mobilization forces is suspected in these series of attacks, but the truth is uncertain.
Increasing tension in Syria
Syria is more tense than Iraq. In the country, bombardment, drone strikes, and engagements are occurring one after another in the eastern bank of the Euphrates, where US troops continue to be stationed illegally.
On June 28, when the U.S. military bombed, a U.S. military (and coalition of the willing) base in Syria's largest Umal oil field in Dyle Saul province was bombarded by someone. In this regard, the Syrian Democratic Forces Public Relations Center issued the following statement:
The Syrian Democratic Forces are centered on the People's Defense Units (YPG), a militia group led by the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Kurdish nationalist force, and are positioned as a "cooperation unit" of the coalition of the willing. PYD has launched an autonomous government under the name of the North and East Syria Autonomous Bureau to realize democracy based on the decentralization system in Syria, and effectively controls the area east of the Euphrates River. The Syrian Democratic Forces are positioned as an armed unit of the North and East Syrian Autonomous Bureau, but what the US Army calls "our unit" is that the Syrian Democratic Forces and the North and East Syrian Autonomous Bureau do not have physical violence in the United States. Implies that it does not hold.
In response to the attack on the Umar oil field's U.S. military base, the Syrian Democratic Forces have deployed troops on the eastern bank of the Euphrates to several Syrian military bases in the village of Baclas on the west bank of the river under the control of the Syrian government. I fired. Also, on July 1, bombardment was carried out from the US military base in the Umar oil field to the base of the "Iranian militia" in the desert area near Mayadin on the west bank of the Euphrates.
On July 4, the U.S. military base in the Umar oil field was bombarded by someone, and the U.S. military blocked the entire base. In this regard, Syrian Democratic Forces Director Farhad Shermy Public Relations Center issued the following statement:
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based dissident NGO, the bombardment was carried out by "Iranian militias" deployed near the city of Mayadin.
In response, the Umar oilfield base also launched a missile attack on the "Iranian militia" bases around the city of Mayadin from midnight on July 4 to early dawn on July 5, according to dissident site Ein Frat. rice field.
And on July 7, a drone was also launched against an attack on a US military base in Syrian territory. The base set up in the Umar oil field was attacked by a drone of unknown affiliation.
According to the state-owned Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the attack launched multiple smoke columns. The dissident Euphrates Post also reported that the US military base responded to the attack with a portable anti-aircraft missile.
The director of the Syrian Democratic Forces' Shermy Public Relations Center also made the following statement:
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack appears to be from "Iranian militias."
It's unclear whether the Joe Biden administration will carry out a third bombing in response to a series of attacks. But limited bombings have shown that resistance to US troops in Syria and Iraq cannot be contained, as evidenced by the last two bombings.