The United States faced condemnation Saturday from Iran and its allies, while it received backing from London following airstrikes on Iraq and Syria launched in response to a drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan last weekend,
The Times of Israel reports.
“Last night’s attack on Syria and Iraq is an adventurous action and another strategic mistake by the US government, which will have no result other than intensifying tension and instability in the region,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement.
The US has blamed the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a broad coalition of Iran-backed militias, for the deadly attack in Jordan, but has not yet narrowed it down to a specific group. Iraq’s Kataeb Hezbollah is, however, a top suspect.
The massive barrage of strikes overnight hit more than 85 targets at seven locations, including command and control headquarters, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites, and other facilities that were connected to the militias or the IRGC’s Quds Force, the Guard’s expeditionary unit that handles Tehran’s relationship with and arming of regional militias.
The US strikes appeared to stop short of directly targeting Iran or senior leaders of the IRGC’s Quds Force within its borders, as the US tries to prevent the conflict from escalating even further. Iran has denied it was behind the Jordan attack.
