{"id":55141,"date":"2021-02-26T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=55141"},"modified":"2021-02-26T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T10:00:59","slug":"us-targets-iranian-militias-in-east-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/55141\/","title":{"rendered":"US targets Iranian militias in east Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HASAKAH, Syria (North Press)<\/strong> &#8211; The United States targeted sites of Iranian-backed militias in northeastern Syria after midnight on Thursday \u2013 Friday, in the first military operation of by the new US administration in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby described the operation as defensive, and said that the strikes destroyed infrastructure located at a border post used by Iranian-backed militias, especially Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strikes are a response to the recent attacks on American crews and coalition forces in Iraq and the constant threats against them, Kirby added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week several missiles fell in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and the Balad Air Base in Salah al-Din.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that the bombing destroyed three ammunition trucks coming from Iraq to a border point south of the city of Albu Kamal, eastern Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least 17 fighters were killed, according to a preliminary estimate, all of them members of the Popular Mobilization Forces,&#8221; said SOHR director Rami Abdulrahman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Agencies<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) &#8211; The United States targeted sites of Iranian-backed militias in northeastern Syria after midnight on Thursday \u2013 Friday, in the first military operation of by the new US administration in Syria. 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