Iraqi Resistance attack US base near Conoco oil field
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After underlining that the Resistance would continue to fight against the US occupation forces, a new operation was launched against the US forces near the Conoco oil field.
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Crewmen enter Bradley fighting vehicles at a US military base at an undisclosed location in Northeastern Syria, on November 11, 2019 (AP)
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced Wednesday that it had launched a barrage of missiles at the US occupation forces in the Conoco oil field in the countryside of Deir Ezzor.
The Iraqi resistance has repeatedly attacked the US occupation forces in the region since the beginning of Operation al-Aqsa Flood, given the key role played by the US forces in the war on Gaza.
The number of attacks launched against US forces on both Iraqi and Syrian territory has exceeded 120 since October 17, when the Iraqi Resistance started attacking the US forces.
The US has not been the sole target of the Iraqi Resistance, with the Israeli occupation itself coming under fire from Iraq as well.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it had targeted, in the past few days, a vital target in Israeli-occupied Haifa.
According to the official statement released by the Iraqi Resistance, the operation was conducted using the now-revealed "al-Arqab" upgraded long-range cruise missile.
The Iraqi Resistance further confirmed in its statement that the targeting comes “in support of our people in Gaza and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against Palestinian civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.”
The Resistance also emphasized it "will continue to target enemy strongholds," promising that more is yet to come.
Iraqi Resistance to continue attacking US, 'Israel'
Speaking to Al Mayadeen on Tuesday, the spokesperson of the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah, Sayyed Jaafar al-Husseini, pledged that: "We, as Iraqi Resistance, will continue to make efforts to expel all the US forces from Iraq and some other regional countries, if not the region as a whole,"
"However, today, we are only thinking of Gaza, and our eyes are only set on Gaza. Our battle with the Americans is still ongoing, and though our operations were launched in conjunction with Operation al-Aqsa Flood, they will not stop with it. They will continue for the Americans," he underlined.
"The situation can be discussed at a later date after the war on Gaza is over. But for now, our eyes are fixed on Gaza, and the reasoning behind our operations and all the pressure we are exerting on the Americans through our strikes is for the lifting of the blockade. When all is said and done, we can talk about this issue in more detail."
Asked if the operations would span more countries than Iraq, al-Husseini said they would, explaining that: "If the Americans simply left Iraq and violated or attacked another country in the Axis of Resistance, should the Iraqi Resistance stand idle and say there is no US presence here anymore? No. We are for a complete eradication of US military presence in the region so that we can rid it of Wahsington's evil."
"The Islamic resistance, as I mentioned, will continue until this killing machine stops. However, it does not cease to pursue its fundamental goal, Palestine for the Palestinian people. This matter does not stop here only. The goal goes further," he added.
"What value is there for an Iraqi to ostensibly live, breathe, and move comfortably while a Palestinian, whether a child, woman, or elderly person, is killed in cold blood by the entity? Where is the dignity and humanity's principles?"
"The principle is one and steadfast: to stop there, and then we move towards... Of course, we are not talking about an alternative to the Palestinians in the confrontation. Instead, we stand alongside the Palestinians and behind them in this confrontation. They have the people and capabilities to manage this matter, but we stand with all our strength behind the Palestinians to reclaim the entire land," the Hezbollah spokesperson added.
