{"id":110783,"date":"2024-02-03T06:24:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T06:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=110783"},"modified":"2024-02-03T06:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T06:24:13","slug":"u-s-centcom-conducts-airstrikes-in-syria-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/110783\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. CENTCOM conducts airstrikes in Syria, Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted on Friday at 4 pm airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Quds Force and affiliated militia groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CENTCOM said in a statement on X that the U.S. military forces hit over 85 targets with numerous aircraft, including \u201clong-range bombers flown from the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CENTCOM Statement on U.S. Strikes in Iraq and Syria<br><br>At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HeLMFDx9zY\">pic.twitter.com\/HeLMFDx9zY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1753535280923967851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strikes come in response to drone and rocket attacks that targeted the U.S. Tower 22 base in Jordan near the Syrian border late in January and killed three U.S. service members and injured over 40 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. airstrikes targeted \u201ccommand and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces,\u201d according to the statement of the CENTCOM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, American bases in Syria and Iraq have been targeted by Iran-backed militias, and almost all of these attacks have been claimed by the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iranian-backed militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Emma Jamal<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted on Friday at 4 pm airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. 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