— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 NEW: Al-Mayadeen confirms that almost all of the sites targeted by the U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria had already been completely evacuated

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This was clearly the intention. Why else tell them several times in advance that you're gonna bomb them?

The U.S. obviously wanted to avoid casualties at all costs. No interest in actual retaliation, just public appeasement.

— 🇺🇸/🇯🇴/🇸🇾 NEW: It was Jordan, not Israel, that carried out the first wave of airstrikes of tonight in Eastern Syria, that were initially falsely reported as U.S. airstrikes

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— 🇮🇶 My contact in Iraq says he 'expected worse', everything seems to be mostly limited to material damage.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: The United States informed the Iraqi government before the strikes, says the White House – Al Arabiya

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: No Iranian nationals were killed in the U.S. airstrikes tonight

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 Video of martyrs arriving from the U.S. strikes on Al-Qaim, Iraq

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇾/🇮🇶 NEW: Confirmed casualties so far are 10 martyrs in Syria and 3 in Iraq

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 What we know about the U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria:

- The first strikes started in Eastern Syria around 23:30 local time. These initial strikes were likely carried out by the Royal Jordan Air Force, which took part in the attacks in coordination with the U.S. per WSJ.

- U.S. strikes in Syria and Iraq started at approximately 00:00 local time (4pm EST) and lasted for about 30 minutes.

- B-1 bombers that took off directly from the U.S. participated in the bombings alongside U.S. fighter jets.

- They struck 3 facilities in Iraq and 4 in Syria, using 125 precision munitions to strike 85 specified targets within those 7 facilities.

- The U.S. informed the Iraqi government before the strikes took place.

- Most of the targets had already been completely evacuated, leading to a preliminary toll of 13 deaths and mostly material damage to the facilities.

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I thank Biden for his incredible work in protecting the sovereignity and national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Truly one of us.

🛑| 🇮🇷 BREAKING: An informed Iranian source told Al Jazeera:

There are no IRGC/Quds Force bases in the areas that have been bombed by the US in Syria.

Washington's talk abt Quds Force attacks in Syria are false. US bombing is an open & declared aggression against Syria & Iraq.

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✈️ 🇺🇸 🇸🇾 Officials with U.S. Central Command have stated that several A-10C Thunderbolt II “Warthog” Close-Air Support Attack Aircraft with the 354th Fighter Squadron from Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona have Participated in tonight’s Airstrikes against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iranian-Backed Groups in Iraq and Syria.

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— 🇮🇷/🇯🇵 NEW: The Islamic Republic of Iran beats Japan in the 96th minute of extra time, progressing to the semi-final of the Asia Cup

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 Total casualties of the U.S. aggression on Iraq and Syria: 39 deaths, and at least 25 wounded

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— 🇬🇧 BREAKING: King Charles lll of the United Kingdom has been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer – BBC

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— 🇬🇧 UPDATE: King Charles lll has temporarily been relieved of his public duties as King; the type of cancer is not prostate cancer, but a different type

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