The Pentagon reported on Monday (5) that it managed to destroy most of the targets it attacked in Syria and Iraq on Friday (2), in retaliation for attacks against its troops a week earlier in Jordan, near the Syrian border. , which killed three American soldiers.
“Our current assessment is that we achieved good results and that the strikes destroyed or functionally damaged more than 80 targets across the seven installations. The number of casualties is still being assessed,” Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder said in a statement. Collective interview.
The United States bombed 85 targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday, at seven facilities linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and pro-Iranian militias operating in both countries.
Since the US bombings on Friday, according to the Pentagon spokesman, American forces have recorded two attacks in the area: one on Saturday (3), with two missiles fired without casualties or material damage, and another on Sunday (4) with a drone, again without damage.
“We have repeatedly communicated to Iraqis and others that we reserve the right to defend our people from attacks by Iranian-backed militants in Iraq, which we did on Friday,” Ryder said.
Both US President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made clear on Friday that the US response to the attack would not end that day, but would continue at “times and places” they deem appropriate.
“If our forces are threatened or attacked, we will take appropriate action,” the Pentagon spokesman reiterated, a day after Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein emphasized that Iraq is “not a place to settle scores “.
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