US official: Israel conducted air strike near Abu Kamal. DEBKAfile: Pro-Iranian Iraqi militia targeted
A US official disclosed that the airstrike on Sunday, June 18, which killed dozens of fighters near the Syrian-Iraqi border town of Abu Kamal, was conducted by Israel. Syrians sources reported that between 40 and 50 Syrian army and Shiite Iraqi militia fighters were killed. DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources disclose that the Israeli air strike, if the US official’s account is confirmed, was a major operation for stemming the influx of several brigades of the pro-Iranian Iraqi Kata’ib Hizballah militia as they crossed into Syria from Iraq. This militia is part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) umbrella organization, which takes its orders from Iran’s Al Qods chief Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Our sources add that the Kata’ib Hizballah brigades were on their way to southwestern Syria to deploy along the Israeli and Jordanian borders. The air strike caused major havoc in their ranks and a larger number of casualties than reported. As a result, the Iraqi brigades withdrew from Syria and pulled back across the border to Iraq.
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Iran did the air strike to make the an excuse to pull back to Iran
Send more planes next time, . . . some got away this time.
Tough day at the office for some. For militants and mercenaries isn’t it like their job to get blown up?
Guys. Listen to me really hard, because i am super serial – the entire US is going to get EMP and then because of reliance on trucks to haul shit we will have famine and the only way to prevent that is to hedge with
MOAR TRAINS!!! MOAR TRACKS!!! MORE ENGINE, MOAR CABOOSE!!!
(If you got this far and are thinking this has nothing to do with the steady pushing of Iran out of Syria, you GET my point)
Says who? Quote your most reliable sources.
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“As a result, the Iraqi brigades withdrew from Syria and pulled back across the border to Iraq.”
Now that’s a successful operation. Mission accomplished.
Kol Hakavod Le Tzahal!
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