Unmanned aerial vehicles have reportedly hit targets inside a major airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, which houses American military forces, who are in the Arab country on alleged training and advisory missions.
Faraan: Citing a security source speaking on condition of anonymity, the Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network reported that two combat drones had hit targets inside the Ain al-Asad airbase, located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, early on Friday.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The report added that counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) systems managed to intercept the aircraft. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, which is the latest in a series of strikes targeting US occupation forces over the past few months. Four US troops were injured on Thursday after rockets hit a base housing American forces in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
The rockets struck two support buildings at the Green Village base, which is run by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-allied, Kurdish-led militant group. “At this time, four US service members are being evaluated for minor injuries and possible traumatic brain injuries,” the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
Four US troops were injured on Thursday after rockets hit a base housing American forces in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr. The rockets struck two support buildings at the Green Village base, which is run by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-allied, Kurdish-led militant group.
“At this time, four US service members are being evaluated for minor injuries and possible traumatic brain injuries,” the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. Back in January 2020, two days after the assassination, the Iraqi parliament passed a law requiring the Iraqi government to end the presence of the US-led foreign forces in the Arab country.
Since the assassination, Iraqi resistance forces have ramped up pressure on the US military to leave their country, targeting American bases and forces on numerous occasions, and at one point pushing the Americans to ask them to “just leave us alone.”
Last year, Baghdad and Washington reached an agreement on ending the presence of all US combat troops in Iraq by the end of the year. The US military declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq in December 2021, but resistance forces remain bent on expelling all American forces, including those who have stayed in the country on the pretext of training Iraqi forces or playing an advisory role.
