The USA attacks for the third time in Syria, but now they no longer scare the pro-Iranians
The Pentagon on Sunday carried out a third series of airstrikes against targets in eastern Syria, which US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin described as "precision strikes" against an Iran-linked training facility near Albu Kamal and a site near the town of Mayadeen.
“The President has no higher priority than the safety of U.S. personnel and has directed today's action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel and its interests,” Austin said, presenting the new action as a further retaliation for the series of attacks on US bases in the region since the start of the Gaza war.
Sunday evening's statement also specified that the targeted facilities were "used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iranian-affiliated groups," believed to be responsible for the majority of attacks on US installations in Iraq and Syria.
A day earlier, US defense officials revealed that American bases had been targeted 48 times since October 17 , resulting in 56 US service personnel being injured, albeit with minor wounds.
The first major US airstrikes on eastern Syria occurred on October 27, with the second round following on November 8. The Biden administration had initially stated that these strikes would “deter” further assaults on US troops, but this has evidently not been the case, as missile and drone attacks have continued.
Stars and Stripes officials have meanwhile toughened their rhetoric against Tehran, saying the Iranians will ultimately be held responsible, but Tehran officials have denied being behind the series of attacks.
Regarding last week's attacks, the Pentagon press secretary stated that the US airstrikes destroyed an "IRGC-linked weapons depot" i.e. the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. This was in response to suicide rockets and drones fired at US bases, which have totaled at least two dozen cases in Iraq and more than two dozen in Syria.
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“If these attacks continue against our personnel, we will not hesitate to respond again at a time and place of our choosing,” deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said at the time. Defense officials also said that all or most of the more than 50 U.S. troop injuries were minor and that all have returned to duty.
The United States has had approximately 1,000 or more troops and personnel in Syria for years. Initially declared a mission to “counter ISIS,” the US “mission” quickly morphed into a grab for oil and gas resources – ultimately with the goal of regime change in Damascus, through suffocating sanctions and the hijacking of national energy. There are now fears that US troops will quickly become embroiled in a larger conflict linked to Israel's operations in Gaza and against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and American military "Dissuasion" is no longer working. Everyone is much less afraid and has understood that Washington will not react seriously, for fear of being directly involved.
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