Pentagon says US forces in Iraq and Syria have received 38 attacks in three weeks

US forces and their allies deployed in Iraq It is Syria were attacked 38 times with drones or rockets in just under three weeks, causing 45 American injuries, the Pentagon Monday.

The number of attacks on US forces U.S and those of the international anti-jihadist coalition established in Iraq It is Syria has soared since the start of the war between Israel It is Hamasthe Palestinian Islamic movement that governs the Gaza strip and is supported by Will.

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“Since October 17th (…) we have had 20 attacks in Iraq and 18 in Syria, for a total of 38″, declared the Pentagon spokesman to the press, Pat Ryderqualifying them as “harassment attacks”.

washington accuses Tehran of being involved in these attacks.

45 US soldiers were injured in the attacks, all before retaliatory strikes carried out by the United States in late October in eastern Syria against two installations used by the Revolutionary Guard Iranian andaffiliated groups,” according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Washington has around 900 troops in Syria and around 2,500 in Iraq fighting the jihadist organization Islamic state (HEY).

Source: Elcomercio

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