US forces reported this Monday that they carried out a “precision bombing” in the province of Says al Zurin eastern Syria, eliminating two members of the terrorist group Islamic State (EI) and leaving another injured.
According to the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), the jihadists were transporting a load of weapons that was also destroyed in the attack. This operation occurs a few days after a similar attack in the same region, where a senior IS official known as Abu Yusif, aka ‘Mahmud’.
Deir al Zur, until recently under the control of the syrian regime and its Russian allies, is a key area for operations against the Islamic State. According to data provided by CENTCOM, approximately 8,000 IS members remain detained in Syrian prisonswhich makes its liberation through coordinated attacks one of the group’s priority objectives.
The Pentagon spokesman, Patrick S. Ryder, stated that US forces in Syria, which currently number 2,000 personnelthey doubled their presence shortly before the fall of Syrian dictator Bachar Al Assad. He stressed that these troops have the sole purpose of fighting IS and that their stay is temporary.
In addition to operations in Syria, CENTCOM reported new attacks against Houthi rebels in Yemen. In a statement published on the social networkMarines aboard USS Truman prepare artillery for attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen”.
The actions respond to recent attacks by the Houthis against American, British and Israeli targets, as well as against ships in the Red Sea.
IS activity and Houthi attacks have raised alarm bells in the international community.
United Nations highlighted Turkey’s work in containing IS in Syria, while the United States and the United Kingdom justify their actions in Yemen as necessary measures to guarantee free navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted this Tuesday a missile launched from Yemen in an attempted attack attributed to the Houthi rebels. The projectile was destroyed before crossing into Israeli territory, after alerts were activated for fear of falling fragments.
This episode adds to the multiple drone and missile attacks that the Houthis have carried out in recent months against Israel.
“Missile and rocket firing alerts were activated due to fears of interceptor fragments falling“said the Army statement published on the social network X.
According to the emergency service Belly David Adom (MDA), no fragment impacts were recorded in populated areas, although at least 25 people were slightly injured while running to shelters or due to anxiety attacks.
The incident occurs just hours after the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahudescribed the Houthis as “a threat to world order” and assured that Israel would act “just as we have acted forcefully against the terrorist arms of the evil axis of Iran.” In response, the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik Badruldeen al-Houthi He stated that the Israeli attacks will not stop the group’s support for the Gaza Strip.
(With information from EFE and Europa Press)
