Jordan denies that its aircraft participated in the American attacks: We respect Iraq's sovereignty

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[size=52]Jordan denies that its aircraft participated in the American attacks: We respect Iraq's sovereignty[/size]

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02-03-2024
An official military source in the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces reported on Saturday that the Royal Jordanian Air Force did not participate in the air strikes carried out by the American Air Force inside Iraqi territory.[/size]
[size=45]The source stated, according to what was reported by the official Jordanian Petra Agency, that “there is no truth to the press reports that were circulated this morning about the participation of Jordanian aircraft in the operations carried out by American aircraft inside Iraq.”[/size]
[size=45]The source stressed that “the Jordanian Armed Forces - the Arab Army, respects the sovereignty of brotherly Iraq,” emphasizing “the depth of the fraternal relations that unite Jordan with all Arab countries.”[/size]
[size=45]At dawn today, the US Army's Central Command reported that its forces launched 85 air strikes in Iraq and Syria, targeting sites of the Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militia groups.[/size]
[size=45]Some information reported earlier today, Saturday, that F-16 aircraft belonging to the Royal Jordanian Air Force participated in the air strikes led by the United States last night.[/size]
[size=45]The sources indicated that the Jordanian aircraft joined after targets were identified, according to what was reported by the Wall Street Journal, and pointed out that Jordan’s role came to show solidarity with the United States in the wake of the drone strike on Tower 22, a military site in Jordan near From the Syrian border.[/size]
[size=45]US President Joe Biden had directed the military forces to strike targets in Iraq and Syria that were used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its militias to attack American forces, he said, stressing that although the United States was not seeking escalation in the Middle East, it would inevitably respond to those who Hurts Americans.[/size]
[size=45]The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, on Saturday morning, considered the American strikes that targeted areas in the west of the country a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty.”[/size]
[size=45]While White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed today, Saturday, that the United States had already informed the Iraqi government before launching the air attacks.[/size]
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