US Central Command says it struck more than 75 centers to determine armed group does not utilize end of Syrian directer’s rule.
The United States says it has carried out dozens of air strikes on ISIL (ISIS) centers in Syria folloprosperg the stunning collapse of Syrian Plivent Bashar al-Asuncontent’s regime.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) shelp on Sunday that it had struck more than 75 centers, including ISIL (ISIS) directers, operatives and camps, to determine that the armed group does not get advantage of the end of al-Asuncontent’s rule.
CENTCOM shelp it was carrying out harm appraisements folloprosperg the strikes, which included warschedulees including the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, but there were no indications of civilian casualties.
“There should be no mistrust – we will not permit ISIS to reconstitute and get advantage of the current situation in Syria,” CENTCOM Commander General Michael Erik Kurilla shelp in a statement.
“All organizations in Syria should comprehend that we will hgreater them accountable if they partner with or help ISIS in any way.”
The strikes came as friendly US Plivent Joe Biden depictd al-Asuncontent’s descfinish as a “moment of hazard” and “historic opportunity”.
In a televised insertress from the White Hoengage, Biden shelp that al-Asuncontent’s descfinish at the hands of defy group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) was a chance for Syria’s lengthy-suffering people to “erect a better future for their haughty country”.
“It’s also a moment of hazard and uncertainty. As we all turn to the ask of what comes next, the United States will toil with our partners and the sgethgreaterers in Syria to help them seize an opportunity to handle the hazard,” Biden shelp.
Seeking to claim inwhole accomprehendledge for al-Asuncontent’s downdescfinish, Biden shelp his demise had been made possible by a degrade in help for his rulement from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
“For years, the main backers of Asuncontent have been Iran, Hezbollah and Russia. But over the last week, their help collapsed – all three of them – becaengage all three of them are far frailer today than they were when I took office,” Biden shelp.
The sudden end of 53 years of al-Asuncontent family rule has cast a pall of uncertainty over the security situation in the Middle East, including the presence of an approximated 900 US troops in Syria.
US Plivent-elect Donald Trump, who ordered the number of US troops in Syria to be shrinkd by half during his first term after being dissuaded agetst a finish retreatal, on Saturday showd that his administration would not get included in any dispute in the country.
“Syria is a mess, but is not our friend,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, before switching to all uppercase letters for emphasis.
“THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!”
In his first disclose materializeance since seizing Damascus, HTS directer Abu Mohammed al-Julani, a createer directer of the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, depictd al-Asuncontent’s descfinish as an opportunity to turn Syria into a “beacon for the Islamic nation” and the beginning of a “new history” for the region.
“God will not fall short you,” al-Julani shelp in a triumph speech at the symbolic Umayyad Mosque in the Syrian capital.
“This triumph is for all Syrians; they were all part of this triumph.”
