US Central Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces conducted a series of airstrikes in Syria on October 28 and claimed the operation killed 35 ISIS members.
“The strikes targeted multiple ISIS locations in the Syrian desert, targeting multiple ISIS senior leaders,” CENTCOM said. The command claimed there was no indication of civilian casualties.
The US has about 900 troops in eastern Syria as part of an illegal military occupation that’s opposed by the Syrian government. The US also backs the Kurdish-led SDF in Syria, giving it control of about one-third of the country’s territory.
The US airstrikes in Syria came after a series of US operations against ISIS in Iraq. CENTCOM announced last week that two US troops were injured during a raid against ISIS camps in central Iraq.
In Syria and Iraq, ISIS holds no significant territory, and the Iraqi government has said repeatedly that it can handle the remnants of the terror group without US assistance. But the US continues to be involved in operations against ISIS and is refusing to withdraw troops from the country despite a deal that was reached to end the mission of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition.
ISIS has claimed significantly more attacks this year than in 2023, as the group has benefited from the destabilization of the region caused by Israel’s onslaught in Gaza and the Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, the Syrian government, and the Iranian military, who are all sworn enemies of ISIS.
Who backs ISIS (DAESH) now that Turkey recycled all its relevant operatives into slightly less extremist "old good" Al Qaeda? Are the pseudo-Caliphs trying to stay relevant by attacking US bases (and communist reffineries in the NSF)?
I saw a video of the attacked oilfield-reffinery in the NSF and the man was like: this will only harm the people, there's no military here, it produces fuel for the local community.
Seriousky. Not done with the ISIS label? Still has some market value. Strange thing that ISIS was. While our hand in Saudi Arabia was in power (first as the Ninister if ainterior than as Crown Prince Mihamned Bin Nayaf — ISIS was conceived wnd launched to capture tge Sunni belt betwern Iraq and Syria. Funny extreme Islamuc stare it was — attacking Shia Moslems, nit obedient enough Synnus and of course Christians, But never expressed any interest in Israel! Netanyahu at tge time said he would not mind “seiing the black ISIS flag flying over Damascus. Strangely enough, had it not been for Russia’s intervention — ISIS would have suceeded. First order if bysiness was to destroy their trade in oil with US allues, Kurds. Second order of business was Turkey kicking our ISIS from border region with Turkey at Jarabulus. Third order of busuness was to assust Turkey cut of corridor endangering the Raqqa – Afrin linkage. Kurds shamelessly helped Isis take over key places — with the expectation if later “liberating” them and establushing a contiguous Kurd cibtrolled Syria-Turkey border. To cut it off — Turkey had to take town of Al-Bab. Turkey was loising to combined ISIS-Kurd lines. Turkey accused US of flying over and giving ISIS and Kurds targeting information. The battle ended after Turkey and Russia jointly flew sortues and firced Al-Qaeda to withdraw. The charade of Kurds presumably forcing ISIS from Manbij — and grabbing prooerty ftom Arab population was there for all to see. After Mihammed bin Nayaf was ousted by a palace ciup in Riyadh, new ruler MBS defunded ISIS. With the liwervrank niwhere to go — Isis put the fight in Mosul, and later in Raqqa. Armed ISUS somehow ended uo in “refugee camps” in Al-Tanf area. ISIS was defunded in June 2017, had enough reserves to fight in Mosul till end of the year. And in Raqqa, ISIS turned ive city to Kurds. Kyrds are not majority population there, and population of Syria under Kurd and US cintrol is cinstantly rebelling — and we calk them “Isis”. So conveniet — supress uprising of lical occupued population and calL it ISIS.
The press is still immensely cinfysed on who is who in Syria and who controls what. Same applues to Idlib.
IKR!? It wouldn't surprise me if we don't go to war against Iran, while claiming it was ISIS.
Who is the bigger fool than WE are! You can cut off the head of the dragon but you cannot slay it!
Because another head grows back immediately.
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