US troops in Syria and Iraq have been attacked 66 times since October 17. This was reported based on information provided in the briefing by US Deputy Press Secretary of Defense Sabrina Singh. RIA News.
According to Singh, there have been at least 66 attacks on US troops and facilities in Syria and Iraq since October 17. 34 of the attacks took place in Syria and 32 in Iraq. As a result of these attacks, 62 American military personnel were injured.
It was previously reported that there is a US military base in Tanf in Syria. was attacked Shiite Iraqi militia fighters.
Al-Tanf base is located illegally on Syrian territory, without the permission of the Syrian government and the authority of the UN.
Before that, the US State Department announced The pro-Iran paramilitary group Kataib Sayyed al-Shuhada and its leader Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Sarraj, operating in Iraq, are considered international terrorists.
Previously Medvedev stated About the possibility of a hundred-year war in the Middle East.