US troops on the al-Omar base in eastern Syria (Reuters)
At least seven US-supported Kurdish fighters have been killed and 18 wounded in a drone strike on a US base in eastern Syria by the Iran-backed militia Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces confirmed the attack on their commando academy at the base.
Six of our fighters were martyred during a terrorist attack by a suicide plane originating from areas controlled by Syrian regime mercenaries, targeting a training academy in the al-Omar oilfield east of Deir ez-Zor.
Syrian activists later reported the death of a seventh fighter.
The Islamic Resistance of Iraq also claimed the January 28 drone strike that killed three US troops and injured 34 at at outpost in Jordan. The Americans responded four days later with 85 strikes on militia positions in Syria and Iraq.
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Al-Omar is the largest base in Syria of the US-led coalition including the SDF, created in 2014 to expel the Islamic State from northern and eastern Syria.
About 2,500 US troops are still deployed in Iraq and about 900 in Syria, where much of the northeast is controlled by a Kurdish administration.
[Editor’s Note: I usually let these propaganda posts go, but Tasnim’s chutzpah here — that the Guardian Council has let through a lot of candidates with no chance of winning, while disqualifying the reformists, centrists, and some principlists who do — is notable.]
Iranian government claims to have the most number of candidates approved per seat: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1402/11/17/3035586
“So far, there are 48 candidates for each seat in the Majlis, who will compete with each other. In the searches I did in the past, I did not see a country that has as many candidates for each seat as Iran.”
In the UK and US, candidates have to either give a deposit or obtain thousands of signatures to appear on the ballot. Independent candidates often struggle with this requirement.
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Khamenei Appears Concerned About Regime’s Legitimacy
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202402054981
[Editor’s Note: It is propaganda to note only the candidates whoh have been approved — most because they have little chance of challenging for the Majlis or the Assembly of Experts — and to ignore the widespread bans on centrist, reformist, and even some principlist candidates who could win those seats.]
It isn’t propaganda to state the fact that the number of candidates standing per seat surpasses any figure in other countries. Most are ordinary citizens, many holding positions in civil society, not politicians and activists. Outside of the big cities, where local politics and issues predominates, they do have a chance of winning. Reformists and moderates have had candidates approved and are considering forming a joint list as they did in 2016. Well know more in the coming days.
According to the Interior Ministry, 1560 reformist supporters (not necessarily endorsed candidates) have been approved. Let’s see what the final tally is, but the fact is that moderates and reformists are trying to form a joint list to challenge principlists. Independent candidates also have a chance of winning seats.