The clamor aroused yesterday by the bombing of the Syrian convoy near Al Tanf on the Syrian-Iraqi border has clouded the news of another air raid carried out by US Coalition anti-ISIS planes.
According to Iraqi satellite TV Afaq, US hunters would hit repeatedly a column of Iraqi Shiite militias at Abu Kamal, on the Euphrates River, close to the border between Syria and Iraq (200 km east of Al Tanf).
The militiamen belonged to the KS extension (Katai'b Sayed Al Shuada, KSS), Brigade of Martyrs born in 2013 and part of Popular Mobility Units (Hashd Al-Sha'abi), powerful Iraqi Shiite militia starring in the fight against ISIS in northern Iraq.
According l 'International Institute for Counter-Terrorism the paramilitary group would have a force between the 500 and 1000 men trained and equipped by the forces Quds Iranian.
The Syrian war, in the tragedy, sometimes ends up becoming grotesque. The curious fact is that the Shiite militias engaged in these hours in the battle in Sinjar in Iraq (west of Mosul) are part of the great US-led army that intends to eradicate the Islamic State. Basically, American fighters would have bombed a militia in Syria that is allied with it in Iraq. The motto of Inherent Resolve "One mission, many nations" at this point she ripped a smile.
The attack that would have caused a victim, eight injured and massive material damage, took place at 120 km south of Deir Ezzor confirming what he claims Online Defense for a few weeks:
- the southern front of Syria is becoming the decisive chessboard for the country's political fate;
- The United States is now directly involved in the war and their military activity grows day by day.
On Deir Ezzor's dial and throughout the Euphrates course to Iraq, important news is expected in the coming days. Abu Kamal is still under the control of the Islamic State, but the range of Shiite militias extends to openly with the interests of the Coalition in Syria.
We recall that Iraq is the only Shiite-majority Arab country. After the fall of Sunnis Saddam Hussein in 2003, the political and military weight of the Shiites grew exponentially until they proved a boomerang to the US that had fueled it. The main allies of Iraqi Shiites are the Assyrian Alawit government, hezbollah and of course the great brother Iran. Despite the war on the Islamic State (Sunni) it is impossible without the help of Shiite militiamen (about 100.000 armed men in Iraq), the first to be concerned are the two main US allies in the region: Israel and Saudi Arabia.
(photo: US DoD, Inherent Resolve)
