Highlights: Washington carries out retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria after the deaths of three soldiers. In 30 minutes, its combat aircraft, including long-range bombers, targeted more than 85 sites against elite Iranian forces and pro-Iranian groups. The strikes notably hit command and control centers, rocket, missile and drone storage facilities, as well as logistics facilities and ammunition supply chains. According to the White House, the operation was “a success” For their part, Syrian state media reported that an “American aggression ” had taken place against sites located in the desert areas of Syria.

The United States launched retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria on Friday against more than 85 targets linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and affiliated militias, the US military said, after the attack on…

Washington carries out retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria after the deaths of three soldiers

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor at Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi, February 12, 2022 (illustration). AP-Tech. Sgt. Chelsea FitzPatrick

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Two hours after the return of the remains of the three soldiers killed on Sunday in Jordan, the American army took action. In 30 minutes, its combat aircraft, including long-range bombers, targeted more than 85 sites against elite Iranian forces and pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria. The strikes notably hit command and control centers, rocket, missile and drone storage facilities, as well as logistics facilities and ammunition supply chains, the US military said in a statement. According to the White House, the operation was “a success”.

For their part, Syrian state media reported that an “

American aggression

” had taken place against sites located in the desert areas of Syria and on the Syrian-Iraqi border, causing a number of casualties and injuries. . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) indicated that at least 18 pro-Iranian fighters had been killed in eastern Syria.

On the Iraqi side, an official at the Ministry of the Interior, speaking on condition of anonymity, indicated that “

an

HQ of the armed factions in the Al-Qaïm area was targeted, it is a small arms warehouse according to preliminary information

. This official reported “

eight civilians injured

” among the population in this area. A second strike, in the Al-Akachat region, further south and still close to the border, targeted a command center for the operations of Hachd al-Chaabi, a coalition of former paramilitaries bringing together these pro-Iran factions, 'after this manager. A Hachd al-Chaabi official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed these two bombings, assuring that the Al-Akachat strike caused “

injured people

”.

Campaigning for a second term,

Joe Biden pledged to respond to the death of three American soldiers

killed by a drone strike in Jordan, near the Syrian border, where 350 soldiers are stationed as part of the fight against Islamic State group. “

Our response began today. It will continue according to the schedule and in the places that we decide

,” Joe Biden said at the end of the operation. “

The United States does not want conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let those who want to harm us know this well: if you touch an American, we will respond

,” the American president further indicated in a press release. The American executive had already indicated previously that the reprisals would be multiple and spread over time, against different targets, after the attack against its troops last week, which the United States

attributed

to groups supported by the '

Iran

New sanctions

At the same time, the government took new economic and judicial sanctions against Iran. The Minister of Justice and the federal prosecutor for the jurisdiction of Manhattan in New York announced proceedings for "

terrorism, sanctions evasion, fraud and money laundering against seven figures in an oil laundering network orchestrated by the Corps of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, a foreign terrorist organization, and its Quds

Force

American financial institutions

On Friday morning, the US Treasury made public new sanctions against Iranian companies and individuals, or providing support to them, involved in the manufacturing of Shahed combat drones and in attempted cyberattacks on infrastructure in the United States. Natural and legal persons are accused of having links to or belonging to the Revolutionary Guards. In 2021, cyberattacks targeted a pediatric hospital in Boston (north-east) but also several European countries and Israel.

For Shahed drone production, sanctions target Chinese companies in Hong Kong. They are accused of having supplied components to companies and people already targeted by American sanctions. The sanctions also target a Chinese company suspected of belonging to the Revolutionary Guards and accused of having sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian raw materials on behalf of the China Oil and Petroleum Company group.

These sanctions result in the freezing of all assets held, directly and indirectly, in the United States by the persons and companies concerned as well as the prohibition of any company or person based in the United States from carrying out financial transactions with these persons. or entities.

Also listen: American soldiers killed in the Middle East: “There is still uncertainty about the exact location”

(

With

AFP)

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Washington carries out retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria after the deaths of three soldiers

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