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Us drone strike in syria10/3/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The death toll from US airstrikes – which the group admits is imprecise – compares with an estimated 387,000 civilians who are believed to have been killed by all parties during the war on terror, according to work done by Brown University’s Costs of War Programme. However, going by the maximum estimates, 2017 emerges as the worst year for civilians, with up to 19,623 killed, almost all in the bombing campaign against IS. The next deadliest year was 2017 when at least 4,931 civilians were likely killed, the vast majority in coalition bombing of Iraq and Syria. Since taking office Biden has reduced US reliance on airstrikes amid a formal review of US drone policy, and has withdrawn from many of the foreign interventions that marked the time in office of his three predecessors George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, since the 2001 attacks on the US by al-Qaida.Įncompassing attacks on Islamic State in Syria, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as strikes against militant and terror groups in Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan and Libya, the US has said it had conducted at least 91,340 strikes in 20 years – including 9,000 against the Islamic State, the Airwars report said.īased on that total, Airwars has calculated that “US actions likely killed at least 22,679 civilians, with that number potentially as high as 48,308”.Īccording to the group’s research, the deadliest year in the past two decades for civilian victims of US airstrikes was 2003 when a minimum of 5,529 civilians were reported to have been killed, almost all during the invasion of Iraq that year. “In just the last few days, there have been acts perpetrated by some of these groups that validate the consistent concerns that we’ve had over the safety and security of our people,” Kirby said at a news briefing in January.The figures, released just ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, come as the US president, Joe Biden, promised to end the “forever wars” that have marked the past two decades, and with the US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. In January, the US military conducted strikes in Syria after indirect fire posed what a US-led coalition official called “an imminent threat” to troops near Green Village, a base in the east of the country near the Iraqi border.Īlthough there was no specific attribution for the indirect fire, then-Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the US continues to see threats against US forces in the region from Iranian-backed militias. The area has seen heavy fighting in recent years between US forces and ISIS, which has held a foothold in the area. The base sits within a 20-square-mile deconfliction zone near the Syrian border with Jordan, which was established by Russia and the US-led coalition to prevent the two sides from coming into accidental contact. The US maintains approximately 900 troops in Syria, largely split between the At-Tanf base and the country’s eastern oil fields. “Coalition personnel retain the right to self-defense, and we will take appropriate measures to protect our forces.” “Such attacks put the lives of innocent Syrian civilians at risk and undermine the significant efforts by our Partner Forces to maintain the lasting defeat of ISIS,” Brennan said. John Brennan, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve said the attack undermines the “significant efforts by our Partner Forces to maintain the lasting defeat of ISIS.” ![]() However, Iranian-backed militias in the region, have frequently targeted US troops in Syria and Iraq. Operation Inherent Resolve did not say who was responsible for the drone attacks. Other drones that attempted to strike “were not successful,” the release added. “Our countermeasures are effective.”Ĭoalition forces “successfully engaged one” drone “preventing its impact,” the release said. Joe Buccino, director of public affairs for United States Central Command said in the release. “We have confidence in our ability to protect our troops and Coalition partners from attacks from the air,” Col. One drone detonated within a compound used by Maghaweir al-Thowra partner forces resulting in “zero casualties or reported damage,” stated the release. US-led coalition forces repelled all but one of the drones that attacked in the vicinity of At-Tanf base. The attempted attack did not result in casualties or damage, a release from Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, the global coalition to defeat what remains of the ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria, said. US-led coalition forces repelled multiple drones near the US-led coalition At-Tanf base in Syria Monday, according to a press release from the coalition. ![]()
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