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! [ Catapulting of an F/A-18 Hornet fighter-bomber from the flight deck of the nuclear aircraft carrier “USS George H. W. Security sources have also confirmed to AFP bombings of positions of pro-Iranian armed groups in western Iraq, near Syria. “

* The occupation of certain parts of Syrian territory by US forces can no longer continue* ,” she added, asserting her ” *determination to free the entire Syrian territory from terrorism and occupation* .” These strikes are feared to have ” *disastrous consequences for the security and stability of Iraq and the region *,” said a military spokesman for the Iraqi Prime Minister in a statement.

The White House assured that the United States had ” *warned the Iraqi government before the strikes* .” The US military acted shortly after the solemn return of the bodies of the three US military personnel killed in Jordan, which was attended by President Joe Biden.

Some 900 US soldiers are deployed in Syria and 2,500 in neighboring Iraq as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition created to combat the Islamic State group when it controlled large swathes of Syrian and Iraqi territory. On the Iranian side, these bombings are condemned with ” *force* “: ” *The attack last night is an adventurous action and another strategic mistake on the part of the Americans, which will only result in escalating tensions and instability in the region* ,” Nasser Kanani reacted in a statement, without indicating if Iranians had been killed in these strikes. “

*We do not want to see another attack against US positions or military personnel in the region* ,” said White House spokesperson John Kirby. ” *Our response has started today.

It will continue according to the schedule and in the places we decide*,” Joe Biden also said. Since mid-October, over 165 drone strikes and rocket attacks have targeted US forces deployed with the anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq and Syria, but no US military personnel were killed until the January 28 attack in Jordan. “

*The United States does not want conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let those who want to harm us know this well: if you touch an American, we will respond*,” stated the U.S. President in a statement.