US Air Airstrikes Over Eastern Syria Kill Civilian, Military Personnel – Defense Ministry
An Airman piloting an F-35A Lightning II receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 28th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, May 12, 2019, at an undisclosed location. The 28th EARS maintains constant presence in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility, supporting U.S. and Coalition aircraft in various operations conducted in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
CAIRO (Sputnik) – US airstrikes on eastern Syria have resulted in civilian, military personnel casualties and caused great damage to public and private property, the Syrian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. “Today, the US occupation forces committed an undisguised aerial aggression against a number of positions and cities in eastern Syria and near the Syrian-Iraqi borders. As a result, a number of civilians and military personnel were killed and wounded, and great damage was caused to public and private property,” the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The US air strikes “cannot be justified” and are considered as “an attempt to weaken the capabilities of the Syrian army and its allies in the fight against terrorism,” the statement read. 
WorldUS Airstrikes Hit Iranian Targets in Syria and Iraq – CENTCOM2 February, 23:04 GMTEarlier on Saturday, the US Central Command said that the United States had conducted its first retaliatory strikes against 85 targets allegedly linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups in Iraq and Syria by using B1 strategic bombers and 125 precision munitions within about 30 minutes. Joint Chiefs of Staff Director of Operations Douglas Sims said that the US struck three adversary facilities in Iraq and four in Syria.
