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SAMARRA (Iraq): US contractor Lockheed Martin has withdrawn its staff from an Iraq base where it had been maintaining the Iraqi army’s F-16 fighter jets, military sources said, after a spate of rocket attacks. At least five attacks have targeted the Balad airbase, where other US companies including Sallyport are also present, since the start of the year. At least three foreign subcontractors and one Iraqi subcontractor have been wounded. The attacks are rarely claimed, and when they are it is...

US contractor leaves Iraq base over rocket attacks The United States has provided Iraq with 34 F-16s, all stationed at Balad. [Getty] Date of publication: 11 May, 2021 Share this page: US contractor Lockheed Martin has withdrawn its staff from an Iraq base where it had been maintaining the Iraqi armys F-16 fighter jets, military sources said, after a spate of rocket attacks. At least five attacks have targeted the Balad airbase, wh...

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Drone attack targets US forces in Iraq World May 9, 2021 BAGHDAD: A drone packed with explosives hit an Iraqi base housing US troops early on Saturday causing damage but no casualties, the Iraqi military and the US-led coalition said. The attack on the Ain Al-Asad air base was the fourth targeting US troops in Iraq in less than a week, as an armed campaign blamed on pro-Iranian groups intensifies. "Each attack... undermines the authority of Iraqi institutions, the rule of law and Iraqi nation...

In April, a drone packed with explosives hit the coalitions Iraq headquarters in the military part of the airport in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. That attack sent shock waves around Iraq – the tactic poses a headache for the coalition, as drones can evade the C-RAM air defences it has installed to protect its bases. But an Iraqi government official told AFP that the Arbil strike was not the first use of a drone against a target inside Iraq. "Drones were used by pro-Iran groups more tha...

One another major attack hit an Iraqi base housing US troops. Here it is to be noted that a drone attack hit US troops , no casualties has been reported. As per the Iraqi military and the US-led coalition attach has no damage and causality. For your information let us share that the attack on the Ain Al-Asad air base was the fourth targeting US troops in Iraq in less than a week, as an armed campaign blamed on pro-Iranian groups intensifies. coalition spokesman Colonel Wayne Marotto said "Each ...

Drone Attack Targets US Military Base In Iraq Drone Attack Targets US Military Base In Iraq "Each attack... undermines the authority of Iraqi institutions, the rule of law and Iraqi national sovereignty," said US-led coalition spokesman Colonel Wayne Marotto. Updated: May 08, 2021 5:34 pm IST The attack on the Ain Al-Asad air base was the fourth in Iraq in less than week. (Representational) Baghdad: A drone packed with explosives hit an Iraqi base housing US troops early Saturday causing d...

Rocket attack, 3rd in 3 days, targets US in Iraq: army   Published On The Iraqi army said two rockets were fired Tuesday at a base hosting Americans. BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Iraqi army said two rockets were fired Tuesday at a base hosting Americans, in the third such attack in three days and as a US government delegation is visiting the country. The two rockets fell on an unoccupied segment of the Ain-al-Assad airbase, "without causing damage or casualties," the army said. The latest rocket attac...

Islamic State assailants reportedly killed a policeman and wounded two others before blowing two wells at Bay Hassan, a key oil field in the Iraq's Kirkuk province.

Islamic State blows up Iraq oil wells, kills policeman: Officials SECTIONS Last Updated: May 05, 2021, 04:54 PM IST Share Synopsis Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces took control of Kirkuk, home to key oilfields including Bay Hassan, in June 2014 after federal forces withdrew in the face of an IS offensive. Reuters A damaged oil well which, according to oil ministry, was attacked by militants, is seen northwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, April 17, 2021 Related A security official told AFP that "Islamic State...