Unic Press UK: Iraqi military have carried out air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, near the Iraqi border, the office of Iraqi Prime Minister said today on Twitter and via a press statement.
According to the orders of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Dr. Haider Al-Abadi, our heroic air force carried out, on Thursday, in Syria near Iraqi border deadly air strikes against Daesh's Terrorists gangs.
— PM Media Office (@IraqiPMO) April 19, 2018
In a press statement Thursday, the the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, said:
“On the orders of the commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Dr. Haider Al-Abadi, our heroic air force today carried out a deadly air strike against the sites of ISIS terrorist gangs. Carrying out strikes against ISIS gangs in Syrian territory is the existence of a threat from these gangs on Iraqi territory, and demonstrates the increased capacity of our valiant armed forces to pursue and eliminate terrorism. Our forces, our heroic fighters, and by their pursuit of terrorist gangs, have saved many lives and thwarted ISIS plans by dismantling their terrorist deaths and that these strikes will help accelerate the elimination of ISIS gangs in the area after we have eliminated them. Military in Iraq.”
About the Syrian Civil War
The crisis that metamorphosed into a Syrian civil war started in March 2011 after government forces tried to silence protesters voicing support for democracy.
Within a period of five years, this armed conflict caused the death of circa 250,000 people, almost 8 million internally displaced, and 4 million refugees, said the Amnesty International on January 2016.
It’s a convoluted, multi-sided armed conflict fought primarily between the Syrian forces under the control of the Syrian government and its allies, and various forces [state and non-state actors] opposing the Syrian government. Jihad terrorist groups, including Daesh (Islamic State) are also waging a war on Syrian forces.
The Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkey are collaborating, providing measured support for the Syrian government, while the United States leads a coalition attacking terrorists and seemingly seeking regime change in Syria.
The war has a geopolitical angle. Also, there is a ‘sectarian’ strand, thereby pitching the country’s Sunni Muslim majority against the Shia Muslim sect. Until recently, jihad terrorist group Islamic State (IS) was in control of a part of Syrian territory.
