Sunday Times: British Jets Bombed Syrian Al-Tanf Last Month

Local Editor

The Sunday Times revealed Sunday that the British warplanes directly attacked Syrian forces near the border with Iraq and Jordan last month, killing an army officer and injuring seven others.

According to the British daily, “A Typhoon fighter jet dropped a 500-pound bomb on Syrian forces who were fighting Takfiri terrorists near the al-Tanf base where British and US Special Forces train militants.”

The bombing is the first since the British military took part in a series of airstrikes in Syria in April following an alleged chemical attack which the US and its allies blamed on Damascus.

According to the Times, the UK dropped the bomb last month because they thought Syrian troops were trying to approach the al-Tanf base where anti-government Maghawir al-Thowra militants are trained and commanded.

The US has set up the heavily-fortified base in the al-Tanf desert where the Syrian, Iraqi and Jordanian borders meet.

According to a Russian military expert at the country's foreign ministry, the Pentagon is training dozens of Takfiri terrorists at 19 military camps inside Syria.

Last month, Iraq's Poular Mobilization Forces came under an airstrike near the area, with the group saying fragments from missiles showed it was a US attack.  

As the fighters vowed revenge, Washington said it suspected “Israel” was behind the air raid but both the Syrian government and Iraqi officials said US aircraft had carried out the strike.

The United States has in the past attacked the Syrian army and its allies inside Syria on several occasions.

US and Russian military officials say more than 100 cruise missiles were fired at Syria during early Saturday airstrikes by the United State, France and Britain.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team