US attacks pro-Iranian militias weapons depot in Syria

MADRID 27 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced this Tuesday that it has carried out an attack against a “weapons depot” belonging to pro-Iran militias in Syria, in response to an attack the day before against US forces deployed in the country. Arab.

According to a brief statement released on their X social network account, so far there have been no civilian casualties, although this could change since they are evaluating the damage caused.

CENTCOM has stated that the goal of the attack was to “reduce (the) ability to plan and launch future attacks against US and coalition forces located in the region to conduct operations” against the Islamic State terrorist group.

“As previously stated, we will not tolerate any attacks against our personnel and coalition partners. We are committed to taking all necessary steps to ensure their protection,” said CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla.

According to information collected by the pro-Iranian network Al Mayadeen, the Al Omar oil field, in the US military base in Deir Ezzor, located in eastern Syria, was hit on Tuesday night by a missile.