The Syrian government said on Saturday (Feb 3) that a number of people died and also got injured following US strikes in the country. In a statement, the Syrian military said that the strikes on Friday killed “a number of civilians and soldiers, wounded others and caused significant damage to public and private property.”
“The occupation of parts of Syrian territory by US forces cannot continue,” the military said and affirmed the army’s “determination to liberate all Syrian territory from terrorism and occupation”.
According to a report by the news agency AFP, the government said that the US occupation of Syrian territory could not continue.
On Friday, the US launched air strikes against Iranian forces and allied militias in Iraq and Syria with President Joe Biden vowing more to come in retaliation for a deadly drone attack on an American base in Jordan.
The strikes targetted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and “affiliated militia groups,” with American forces — including long-range bombers flown from the United States — hitting “more than 85 targets,” the US Central Command said in a statement.
“The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions,” the statement added.
