AFP
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News from the NOS•nowadays, 18:50
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Yesterday, US military services jets introduced a sequence of air strikes in Syria. The United States statements to have bombed the navy installations of Iran-affiliated forces. The Iranian governing administration denies acquiring inbound links with the militias that have been attacked.
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The air strikes are in response to a drone strike on a US army foundation in Syria final week. “These precision bombings are intended to shield the armed service from attacks like the one particular on August 15,” the armed forces reported. in a statement.
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In accordance to the US military, enemy drones brought on no casualties or damage final 7 days. Washington accuses the Iranian Republican Guard, the elite corps that the United States considers a terrorist group, of being an ally of the attackers.
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From Tehran, those accusations are dismissed as nonsense. “The US assault on Syrian civilians and infrastructure is a violation of Syrian sovereignty,” mentioned a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
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Damage and casualties unclear
8 fighter jets fired at a full of nine targets in the vicinity of the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, a US armed forces spokesman advised Reuters. No info was released on casualties or damage.
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It is approximated that there are continue to numerous hundred US armed service personnel in Syria. According to Washington, they ought to ensure that the terrorist organization Islamic Condition does not revive.
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Hundreds of hundreds of people are believed to have died in Syria’s civil war in extra than a 10 years. With the assist of Russia and Iran, President Assad has regained manage of element of the nation. The place is however the scene of an armed wrestle in between the several functions.
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Also air strikes from neighboring countries
For case in point, the United States is not the only place to have recently carried out air strikes in Syria. Syrian point out media said Turkey and Israel also carried out assaults before this thirty day period. Various Syrian troopers ended up reportedly killed.
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These air strikes have been verified by the British isles-dependent monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Legal rights.
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Turkey is waging a military services campaign in northern Syria towards the YPG, which Ankara sees as an extension of the PKK terrorist organization. Israel has been conducting airstrikes on Iranian-connected targets in Syria for decades.
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