US successfully attacked 84/85 targets in Iraq and Syria
(Baonghean.vn) - According to two US defense officials, the US has destroyed and damaged 84 out of 85 targets in a series of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
According to CNN, the above results are based on a preliminary analysis by the Pentagon. A full post-attack analysis is still underway. However, a defense official said, so far there have been no reports of casualties among the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
On February 2, the US carried out its first wave of retaliation, striking more than 85 targets linked to the IRGC and its proxies in Iraq and Syria, reportedly killing nearly 40 people.
Speaking to reporters on his way to Nevada on February 4, President Joe Biden said the attack was aimed at preventing and disrupting the activities of militant groups in the region.
In retaliation for the killing of three US soldiers in a Houthi drone attack, and a US military outpost in Jordan a week ago, the US launched a campaign targeting facilities and weapons used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
This is the first time the US has conducted airstrikes simultaneously in two countries. In Iraq, the US targeted al-Qaim and Akashat near the border with Syria. In Syria, the US struck near al-Barum, Deir ez-Zur and al-Mayadin. The target list included command and control centers, intelligence centers, missiles, drone storage facilities, etc.
On February 2, in a press conference, Lieutenant General Douglas Sims, Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the targets were selected "with the idea that there would be casualties associated with those inside those facilities."
President Joe Biden and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the attacks were much larger in scale than previous US operations in Iraq and Syria. This is just the beginning of the US response./.
