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U.S. aircraft launched strikes in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three Americans, two soldiers and a translator, in an attack carried out by ISIS in Palmyra in the Syrian desert. The American strikes targeted several locations in the Deir ez-Zor valley, Homs, and Raqqa.

In an interview on BBC with Moaz Mustafa, the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), he mentioned that this was not a surprising operation, as it was worked on jointly between Syrian and American forces. He also confirmed that this is not a standalone operation, and we will witness more from both Syrian and American forces, especially in the desert area, which he considered to be the last stronghold of ISIS.

Notably, when asked about the impact of the fall of the Assad regime on the organization, he stated, "The existence of the Assad regime was a great thing for ISIS as it contributed to its recruitment propaganda." He pointed out a significant change on the ground, which is the transformation of the government in Damascus from an enemy to an ally, creating an opportunity for the integration of fighters who understand the organization's mindset with the military and intelligence capabilities of Washington.

This is a pattern in the Trump administration that may not have been prominently featured in the news, as Washington also directed a strike against the organization in Somalia last February, eliminating the leader Bilal al-Sudani and ten other members of the organization, just two weeks after his return to the White House.

However, nearly a decade after the emergence of ISIS and its near extinction today, this raises several questions, especially in Iraq, where the Popular Mobilization Forces were formed under the pretext of confronting the organization, particularly after the failure of the Iraqi army at that time and the successive fall of cities, most notably Mosul.

These questions are pressing, especially considering Israel's assessment of this weapon and the drones that pose a threat to it, following the new reality imposed by the October 7 battle in Gaza, through strikes on several countries from the same axis, leading to ongoing strikes against the sites of the Lebanese Hezbollah, which still refuses to hand over its weapons, despite agreeing to the conditions for handing over the weapons to the army as part of a ceasefire agreement.

Discussions about a strike on Iraq in the Israeli narrative began last November when Washington informed Iraq that it would face strikes from Israel if the factions did not refrain from attacking it, according to the Times of Israel.

For its part, the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported that Iraqi officials received a highly detailed Israeli security database in recent days about the Iraqi armed factions, which included extensive information about the leadership, military structure, financial networks, and government fronts associated with these groups.

Israel has indeed violated Iraqi airspace several times during its strikes against Iran, and it is likely that this did not exclude reconnaissance aircraft over Iraq. However, Iraq has favored wisdom in the past two years, not going as far as Hezbollah did with Israel, nor did it go far when the fall of Assad loomed on the horizon, which, of course, the Iraqis of various sects do not hold any affection for.

Israeli desires for violence and destruction have not been mere speculations over the past two years, but each time it has refrained from further strikes, whether in Lebanon or Gaza, it was under American pressure. Today, there is a frantic race between Israeli aggression seeking a green light from the U.S. and the wisdom of the factions in unifying weapons under the state, thus ensuring its sovereignty over decision-making.