Damascus considered it a "negative indicator" of the new administration's policy

The American army bombed armed factions loyal to Iran in eastern Syria

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The United States bombed, the night before last, infrastructure used by armed factions loyal to Iran in eastern Syria, killing 22 militants, in the first military operation of Biden's administration, in response to the recent attacks on Western interests in Iraq, while the Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the bombing The American, describing it as "cowardly aggression", constitutes a "negative indication" of the policies of the new American administration.

In detail, a spokesman for the US Defense Department, John Kirby, described the bombing as "defensive", explaining that the strikes destroyed "many infrastructures located at a border point used by Iranian-backed militias."

It was named "Hezbollah Brigades" and "Master of the Martyrs," and they are two factions within the ranks of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces.

According to Kirby, the strikes came "in response to the recent attacks on the American crew and the coalition forces in Iraq and the constant threats against them."

Yesterday morning, the official Syrian TV reported, in an urgent tape, yesterday morning, about "American aggression" that targeted with air strikes "areas on the Syrian-Iraqi border," without any other details.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights counted 22 dead from the Iraqi factions loyal to Iran, most of them from the Hezbollah Brigades.

A previous toll had reported the killing of 17 Iraqi militants.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said, in a statement carried by the official media, that Syria “condemns in the strongest terms the cowardly and described American aggression on areas in Deir Ezzor,” considering that it “constitutes a negative indication of the policies of the new US administration that are supposed to adhere to international legitimacy.”

An official from the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades told "AFP": "One of our fighters was killed, and a few were wounded, in two missiles from a plane that targeted one of our points near the Syrian-Iraqi border."

According to the observatory, the American raids destroyed three trucks carrying ammunition south of the city of Albu Kamal in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

The director of the observatory, Rami Abdul Rahman, said that the trucks were targeted the moment they entered Syria via an illegal crossing from Iraq at dawn yesterday.

The area extending between the cities of Albu Kamal and Al-Mayadeen in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor is under Iranian influence, through pro-Iranian groups fighting alongside the Syrian army.

Often, trucks carrying weapons and ammunition or warehouses in the region are subjected to strikes attributed to Israel, which often confirms its intention to end the "Iranian position" in Syria.

While President Joe Biden waits for a response from Tehran before reinstating the agreement that Washington withdrew from in 2018 under the Donald Trump administration, three attacks have been attributed to pro-Iranian armed groups in Iraq in recent days.

The Pentagon spokesman confirmed that "this equal military response took place in parallel with diplomatic measures, especially consultations with the partners of the international coalition."

He added, "The operation sends a clear message that President Biden will protect American and coalition forces."

"At the same time, we acted in a calculated manner in order to calm the situation in eastern Syria and Iraq," he said.

After the recent shooting, last Monday, Washington announced that Iran would bear "responsibility for the actions of its partners who attack the Americans," but stressed that its forces would avoid "escalation."

The strike appeared at dawn as a warning to Tehran, which may seek to expand the margin of maneuver in the event of negotiations with the United States.

On the other hand, a US court ordered Pyongyang to pay compensation totaling $ 2.3 billion to the crew members of the USS Pueblo who were captured and tortured for 11 months by the North Korean Navy in 1968. The court ordered North Korea to pay this amount to the sailors. This spy ship », of the US Navy, and their families, as compensation for the physical and psychological abuse they suffered during their captivity.

In detail, the federal court in Washington ruled the 49 survivors in damages ranging between $ 22 and 48 million and lesser amounts for 100 of the relatives.

"Because of the barbarism of the North Koreans, nearly all of them needed medical and / or psychological care," said the state-appointed attorney to manage the case, Alan Palaran.

"A lot of people have tried to relieve the pain through alcohol or drugs, and most of them have seen their families and / or professional lives deteriorate," he added.

Some have thought about suicide. ”

The USS Pueblo crew, numbering 83, were captured by Pyongyang on January 23, 1968. North Korea said that the spy ship violated its territorial waters, but the United States denies this.

The two sides conducted arduous negotiations.

In exchange for the release of the hostages in December 1968, Washington signed a document in which the United States offered its "official" apology for their "serious acts of sabotage", while it publicly denied the existence of this text.

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