Russian officials have issued a statement confirming that multiple drone strikes overnight in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border. The strikes killed multiple, and included an attack on a cargo truck traveling through the region, killing a member of Iraq’s Sayyed al-Shuhada Brigades.
The reports are that MQ-1C multi-purpose drones were used. The United States has not commented on its apparent involvement in the attacks. The US-led Global Anti-Terrorism Coalition denied that any drone operations took place, despite multiple reports of the attacks.
One of the strikes hit a group which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights labeled “pro-Iran fighters,” though two of the slain were identified as Iraqis, and the third has not yet been identified.
The attacks took place in and around al-Bukamal, a key city at the border crossing between Syria and Iraq. That main strike was at a military base, causing an explosion that was heard throughout the area.
The second strike, which targeted a truck, killed a man that Sayyed al-Shuhada Brigades claimed was on a “reconnaissance patrol.” The brigades said that the United States was behind the attack.
The US targets Shi’ite militias operating on the Syrian side of the border fairly regularly.
The US targets Shi’ite militias operating on the Syrian side of the border fairly regularly.
If the Rethugs actually wanted to impeach Biden then as CiC he's responsible for these utterly illegal actions. Just more evidence that it's nothing but theater.
Repeating the obvious and humongous lie of "The US-led Global Anti-Terrorism Coalition" is just as bad as blaming Russia for attacking two cities with nuclear bombs in 1945.
This is the proper takeaway: More proof that the neocons are still calling the shots in the Middle East, trying to get a war with Iran started. Biden probably doesn't even know about this, but if he did, he'd be on board with it. That they hit a cargo truck indicates that the US was trying to prevent some logistical support from Iraq or Iran into Syria, which was probably intended for the Axis of Resistance fight against Israel.
From Reuters, I don’t think it’s Russia, but closer to home:
Zelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plots
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the new chief of Ukraine's state guard service to clear its ranks of people discrediting it after two of its officers were accused of plotting to assassinate senior officials.
The state security service (SBU) said last month that it had caught two guard service colonels accused of cooperating with Russia to plot the assassination of Zelenskiy and other officials, including military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov.