Seven Al-Qaeda Leaders Killed In US Airstrikes
Seven Al-Qaeda leaders killed in US airstrikes. The United States said that it killed seven senior al-Qaeda leaders in Syria in an airstrike last week as the leaders were meeting near Idlib.
The Central Command gave its information on Monday.
Central Command spokesman Major Beth Riordan said the strike was organized on 22 October. He did not identify the seven leaders.
He said the removal of these AQ-S leaders would hamper terrorist organizations’ ability to threaten US citizens, our allies, and innocent civilians and to carry out global attacks. ”
He said that taking advantage of instability in northwest Syria, safe havens are established and maintained to coordinate terrorist activities.
Together with our allies and allies, we will continue to target al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. The US also launched an airstrike against al-Qaeda in Syria near Idlib on 15 October.
The US imposes and sanctions on Iran, Iranian oil company also blacklisted
The United States has announced a ban on some of its more important sectors to pressure Iran. It also includes Iran’s petroleum ministry.
The US Finance Ministry said in a statement that it has imposed sanctions on several oil-related units of Iran to continue to support the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence unit, Jumps Force.
The Minister of Petroleum, the National Iranian Oil Company, and the National Iranian Tanker Company have also been blacklisted.
In addition, some people have also been blacklisted, including four from the government of Iran, who are accused of selling gasoline to Venezuela.
At the same time, Iran’s foreign minister, in his speech on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, accused the United States of starting or joining eight wars.
He said that these wars displaced 37 million people and resulted in hundreds of thousands of innocent people being killed.
Mohammad Jawad Zarif, in his virtual speech at the United Nations General Assembly, called on member countries to stand in solidarity against the US.