US-Led Coalition Bombs Syrian Forces Following Israeli Strike Near Damascus

• America is conducting an illegal (under international law) war of aggression against Syria. Assad-Syria DID NOT attack America. Assad-Syria HAS NOT threatened American interests. Syria is of NO Threat to America. If someone never attacked you and never threatened you, do you have a right to attack him? Under international law, and even national local law, you DO NOT have a right to attack him. It is an illegal act.
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• US-Led Coalition Bombs Syrian Forces Following Israeli Strike Near Damascus
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  A US-led coalition has conducted several “defensive” airstrikes against Syrian forces allied with President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, in retaliation for what the coalition said was an “unprovoked” attack on the US-backed left-wing Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) headquarters.
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  Furthermore, CNN reported late Thursday that US forces are now investigating whether Russian contractors were involved in the initial attack against the SDF, after a US official told the news outlet that the possibility could not be ruled out.
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  The retaliatory airstrikes are said to have occurred 8km (5 miles) east of the Euphrates River, while no U.S. troops embedded with the local fighters at their headquarters are believed to have been wounded or killed in the attack on the headquarters, reports Reuters. The US-led coalition did not say whether any pro-Syrian forces were killed in the retaliatory strike.
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  “Syrian pro-regime forces initiated an unprovoked attack against well-established Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters,” reads a Feb 7 press release from Central Command. “In defense of Coalition and partner forces, the Coalition conducted strikes against attacking forces to repel the act of aggression against partners engaged in the Global Coalition’s defeat-Daesh mission.” 
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  Although no U.S. servicemembers were reportedly involved in the attack on the SDF, the US-led coalition has previously asserted a “non-negotiable right to act in self-defense,” pointing to the fact that coalition service members are embedded with the SDF “partners” on the ground in Syria.
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  Syrian President Bashara al-Assad has repeatedly stated that the presence of the US-led coalition on Syrian soil is an act of aggression and a violation of Syrian sovereignty. Officially, Russian and Syrian air forces are the only military allowed to operate in Syria – however Syria and Iran are close strategic allies, with the latter providing logistical, technical and financial support to the Syrian government during the ongoing Syrian Civil War. Syria has repeatedly asked the United Nations to convince the United States to leave following the defeat of most ISIS forces in the country, however US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says US troops will remain in Syria as a counter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian forces.
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