The Pentagon, nevertheless, stated it was unaware of any such assault
Baghdad, Iraq:
A suicide drone hit an airbase in Iraq internet hosting US troops on Saturday, Iraqi safety sources stated, however the Pentagon stated it couldn’t verify that such an assault passed off.
Armed factions near Iran have threatened to assault US pursuits in Iraq over Washington’s assist for Israel since Hamas militants killed greater than 1,400 individuals in a shock cross-border assault from Gaza on October 7.
Israel’s retaliatory bombardment of Gaza has killed greater than 4,300 individuals, in line with its Hamas-controlled well being ministry.
“The drone got here down contained in the (Ain al-Assad) base” within the western province of Anbar, with out inflicting any casualties or injury, a navy supply informed AFP on situation of anonymity.
An announcement issued on Telegram channels utilized by pro-Iranian armed teams stated the assault was carried out by a gaggle calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
A second Iraqi safety supply informed AFP the assault had concerned two suicide drones. “The primary was intercepted and the second crashed due to a technical downside,” the supply stated.
The Pentagon, nevertheless, stated it was unaware of any such assault.
“We’ve got not seen any operational reporting confirming” that an assault occurred Saturday, a US Protection Division official stated on situation of anonymity.
Since Wednesday, three Iraqi bases utilized by US-led coalition troops have been focused in 5 separate assaults — Ain al-Assad, the Al-Harir base in northern Iraq and a navy camp close to Baghdad airport.
The US at present has about 2,500 troops stationed on the three bases, alongside round 1,000 troopers from different international locations within the coalition set as much as combat the Islamic State jihadist group.
The assaults got here after factions loyal to Iran stepped up threats in opposition to the USA.
One in all them, the Hezbollah Brigades, demanded that US forces “go away” Iraq, “in any other case they may style the fires of hell”.
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