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The Russian Embassy in Washington says American military forces in Syria have no legal mandate to operate in the war-ravaged Arab country.

Washington has no legal mandate to keep its armed forces in Syria, and the presence of American soldiers in the country contradicts the 2015 UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire and a political settlement.

Monday, 26 July 2021 12:24 AM   [ Last Update: Monday, 26 July 2021 1:06 AM ] File photo of a US military convoy in Iraq An Iraqi group releases a video of an aerial attack it recently staged against the second-biggest military base housing US forces in the Arab country. The group that identified itself as Lawa al-Thaerin launched the attack in the small hours of Friday against the al-Harir base that is located in Erbil, the capital o...

BAGHDAD: A drone attack has been carried out on a military base in Iraqi Kurdistan that hosts American troops, without causing any casualties, the US-led coalition said on Saturday. The attack comes with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi expected to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on Monday to discuss a possible full US troop withdrawal from his country. “An unmanned aerial system impacted a coalition base in Kurdistan” in the early hours of Friday, coalition spokesman US Co...

Drone attacks Iraq base hosting US troops By AFP - Jul 24,2021 - Last updated at Jul 24,2021   BAGHDAD — A drone attack has been carried out on a military base in Iraqi Kurdistan that hosts American troops, without causing any casualties, the US-led coalition said Saturday. The attack comes with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhemi expected to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on Monday to discuss a possible full US troop withdrawal from his country. "An unmanned aerial system imp...

Drone attacks US troops in Iraq July 25, 2021 Baghdad: A drone attack has been carried out on a military base in Iraqi Kurdistan that hosts American troops, without causing any casualties, the US-led coalition said on Saturday. The attack comes with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi expected to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on Monday to discuss a possible full US troop withdrawal from his country. "An unmanned aerial system impacted a coalition base in Kurdistan" in the earl...

   2021/07/18 17:55 Screenshot from a video released by US Central Command showing airstrikes against suspected PMF militia storage facilities in as-Sikak near the Syria-Iraq border, June 27, 2021. (Photo: Jack Holt/US CENTCOM) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Col. Wayne Marotto, the anti-ISIS coalition spokesperson, told Kurdistan 24 on Sunday that the US-led forces "has not conducted air strikes of any nature in the Combined Joint Operations Area today or yesterday." The statement come...

Victims of US-led raids in Mosul still waiting for compensation Jul 16,2021 - Last updated at Jul 16,2021 Abdullah Khalil lost his leg when a building in Mosuls Old City collapsed on top of him after being hit by a US-led coalition air strike in 2017 (AFP photo) By Sarah Benhaida and Mohammed Salim Agence France-Presse 
MOSUL, Iraq — It was March 17, 2017. Troops from the US-led coalition fighting terrorists in Iraq were advancing on Mosuls Old City, squeezing out the Daesh group. But just...

Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021 02:45 US forces in Syria came under rocket attack Monday, with no reported casualties, one day after US warplanes conducted airstrikes against what the Pentagon called “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq and Syria. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says the militias were using the facilities to launch unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against US troops in Iraq. Kirby says the US military, under the direction of President Joe Bi...

Air attacks on US targets ramped up in Iraq, Syria China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-07-09 10:09 BAGHDAD/AMMAN－US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria have been targeted in rocket and drone attacks, US and Iraq officials said on Wednesday. These include at least 14 rockets fired over a 24-hour period that hit an Iraqi air base hosting US forces. Two US service personnel at the base were wounded. The injuries of the two people at the Ayn al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq ...