[Field News] U.S. airstrikes on pro-Iranian militants in Syria… “First casualty occurred”

Recently, as rocket attacks targeting U.S. forces in the Middle East, including Iraq and Syria, have increased significantly, the U.S. military has reportedly carried out retaliatory airstrikes, resulting in casualties on the other side.

According to the New York Times (NYT) and the Washington Post (WP) on the 13th, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the previous day, "We carried out a precision airstrike against a base in eastern Syria that is being used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran-linked forces." .

(Omitted)

Pentagon officials said several militia members were at the site of the bombing, some of whom were believed to have been killed or injured. However, the specific number of casualties has not yet been confirmed.

The Ministry of Defense explained that this airstrike was aimed at responding to the recent surge in continued attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria.

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Previously, after the surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian armed faction Hamas on the 7th of last month, attacks using rockets, missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) against U.S. military bases in Syria and Iraq increased significantly.

According to the Department of Defense, there have been at least 48 attacks targeting US troops in the region since the 17th of last month until last week, and at least 56 US personnel were injured.

About half of the injured suffered brain damage, and two of them were reportedly transported to a military hospital in Germany.

In addition, after the US airstrike on Syrian facilities on the 8th, there were three additional attacks on US troops in Syria and one in Iraq.

Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, the U.S. military has been strengthening its forces in the region to block the possibility of an escalation of war in the Middle East.

In particular, additional air defense forces, including Patriot missile battalions, were deployed to block attacks against the U.S. military.

Accordingly, U.S. military officers have told the NYT that although the U.S. military has successfully intercepted opposing attacks so far, it has been fortunate that there have been no U.S. casualties despite the increasing number of attacks.

(Omitted)

The United States has dispatched troops to Iraq and Syria to combat the extremist militant group Islamic State (IS).

The war to defeat IS has virtually ended, but the United States continues to station about 2,500 troops in Iraq and about 900 in Syria under the pretext of eliminating the remnants of the group and supporting local allies.

Source: Yonhap News

Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but rather bless, for to this you were called, that you may inherit a blessing. Therefore, whoever loves life and wants to see good days, keep your tongue from speaking evil. Let your lips not speak deceit; turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it (1 Peter 3:9-11).

Lord, we are hearing that the number of attacks by militants targeting U.S. forces in Iraq has recently increased, and that retaliatory airstrikes by the U.S. military in response have also been intensifying.

This is an expansion of the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas, and the U.S. military is currently strengthening its forces to block the possibility of an escalation of war in the Middle East.

Lord, the King of Peace, we ask you to cut off the spirit of war that is covering Iraq in the name of Jesus Christ and shine the light of truth on this land.

May the anger-consumed hearts of the Iraqi people and thoughts of darkness be broken by the light of the Lord, and may the Iraqi people submit to Jesus Christ, who is true peace.

Please help us to awaken as a people who no longer repay evil for evil, but instead pray for blessings upon the United States and other nations.

There is a church of the Lord left on this earth like a stump. Please anoint the Iraqi church and use it as a church to spread the gospel against the power of death.

So, through the Iraqi church that loves life and does good, please let true peace through Jesus Christ separate wars and come to the entire Middle East!