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Air defense system shoots down drones over Iraqi airbase housing US troops and coalition forces CNN 1 hr ago By Raja Razek and Tara John, CNN © Nasser Nasser/AP Al-Asad Airbase, one of the largest and oldest military bases in Iraq, pictured in a 2019 aerial photo. Two drones were shot down over an Iraqi airbase housing US troops and Iraqi and coalition forces on Sunday, the Iraqi military said in a statement. Several hours before, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center (BDSC) in the Iraqi capital was attacked by one rocket round, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, Wayn...

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army said two drones were shot down on Sunday over a military base hosting US-led international forces fighting IS militants.The air defence system at Ain al Assad base, located in western Iraq, intercepted and shot down the two drones, the Iraqi military-linked Security Media Cell said. No casualties or damage was reported.The attempted...

US consistently blames Iran-linked Iraqi factions for rocket and other attacks on installations housing its personnel; same base targeted last month by armed UAV

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The U.S. C-RAM defense system drops drones on the Ain al-Assad base in the western Iraqi desert, the Iraqi military says.The Iraqi military says two d