U.S. military bases in the Middle East have been frequently attacked recently, the most serious of which occurred on January 28, 2024, when the U.S. military base in Jordan was hit by a drone, killing 3 U.S. soldiers and injuring 40, for a total of 43 U.S. troops**. According to **iaOn February 1, the White House identified the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement (Islamic Resistance Movement) as the mastermind behind the attack.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (IRA) is a coalition of 4 pro-Iranian armed groups, namely the Allah Brigade, the Saeed Shuhada Brigade, the Nujaba Movement, and Ansar Allah. These groups met in the Iranian city of Qom in 2020 after the assassination of Soleimani, the former commander of Iran's "Quds Force," by U.S. forces, and decided to form an "Islamic Resistance Movement."
Since the escalation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel on October 7, 2020, U.S. military bases in Syria and Iraq have been attacked at least 165 times, most of them by members of the Islamic Resistance Movement.
The United States was outraged by the attack on Tower 22 and said it would respond "at the appropriate time and in the right way." Sabrina Singh, deputy press secretary of the Pentagon, said the Allah brigade was one of the groups involved in the attack. John Kirby, a spokesman for the U.S. committee, said that while "not seeing any response from the U.S. military in the last 48 hours doesn't mean you won't see anything," the U.S. has repeatedly retaliated against the "Islamic Resistance."
In the face of the US threat, the Allah brigade issued a statement on January 30, 2024, announcing a "suspension of attacks against US troops", but also warned that "if the United States takes any hostile action against them, it will be passively defensive."
Obviously, the United States does not intend to spare the "Islamic resistance", and the armed groups in the Middle East have only two choices: either endure the blows of the US military or confront the US military.
The Allah Brigade in Qatab is another member of the Islamic Resistance Movement (IRA) who has chosen the path of confrontation with the US military. On February 1, Russia's TASS news agency reported that a spokesman for the Allah brigade in Katab strongly declared war on the US military in an interview with Newsweek, saying that it was "ready to retaliate against US bases in the Middle East anytime and anywhere." The spokesman also claimed that the Qatab Allah brigade "has a new type of long-range ** that the outside world does not possess and can attack any US military base in the Middle East."
At present, it is not known what kind of new long-range ** the Qatab Allah brigade has, but some analysts believe that it may be a missile obtained from Iran. Because these groups are all allies of Iran and have long been supported by Iran, including some advanced long-range missiles.
The US military's attack on the "Tower 22" base will not stop there, and in the Middle East, no country's military strength can match that of the US military, and they have almost no scruples about their actions. For example, they have teamed up with the UK to carry out multiple air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen in the past month, destroying a large number of Houthi missiles, drones, etc. On February 1, the Houthi also confirmed that US and British forces had carried out bombardments in the Jabana area of the Yemeni city of Hodeidah, destroying 10 drones that were about to be launched.
Today, the Allah brigade in Qatab dares to declare war on the US military, which undoubtedly increases the likelihood of war between the two sides, and the Middle East region is once again in the shadow of war.