— 🇮🇱/🇸🇾 NEW: At least 6 martyrs as a result of the Zionist aggression in Eastern Syria – Sources

UPDATE: It was Jordan working in coordination with the United States.

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The American retaliation has NOT begun. Any media claiming it has is false.

— Fox News and ABC were probably briefed that it was going to happen tonight, but not exactly when tonight. So they misidentified Israeli strikes as U.S. strikes.

— 🇮🇶/🇸🇾 BREAKING: Reports of heavy airstrikes on the Syria-Iraq border on the Iraqi side

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— 🇸🇾/🇮🇶 BREAKING: Reports of explosions now on the Syrian side of the border, in Deir Ezzor Governorate

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 NEW: First round of U.S. Strikes in Syria and Iraq have begun – U.S. Officials to BBC

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— Reuters and CNN now confirm.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 Strikes on Al-Qaim

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Well, I can already tell that many Americans are going to be VERY disappointed.

These strikes are not much different from what we've seen over the past years. At least for now, they are quite underwhelming.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: American B-1 bombers are taking part in the ongoing airstrikes

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 Video from Al-Qaim, Iraq, sounds of explosions roaring in the background

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇸🇾/🇮🇶 CENTCOM: We struck more than 85 Iran-related targets in Iraq and Syria, using 125 precision munitions and long range bombers flown from the U.S.

The targets included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, missiles, unmanned aired vehicle storages, logistics and munition supply chain facilities.

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— If it was really 85 targets, then it's the largest single attack we've seen so far in Iraq (and Syria) since 2003

However, there is an extreme lack of footage, because Iran is very tightly controling the information flow.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- Ammo depot in al-Qaim, Iraq cooking off as a result of US airstrikes

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The United States will NOT strike inside Iran – CNN quoting a Senior Biden Administration Official

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— 🇺🇸 Statement by U.S. President Joe Biden on tonight's strikes:

'This afternoon, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets at facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces.

Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing.

The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Former U.S. National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General Keith Kellog, regarding tonight's attacks:

'I am not impressed at all. The United States is striking secondary and even tertiary targets, but not the primary target (Iran). There is no clear end goal that this campaign aims to achieve.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇯🇴 NEW: The Jordanian Air Force will be participating in the U.S. bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria – WSJ

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