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Col. Myles’ Caggins famous relationship with Kurds has shaped his future as he joins the Council on Foreign Relations this summer, and plans his return to Kurdistan
May 27, 2021 During the recent Israel-Gaza conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that some of the drones flying over Israel had been sent from Iraq or Syria. Iraqi pro-Iran militias, many of them present in Syria as well, continuously threaten that they can attack Israel from Iraq. An unmanned aerial surveillance system (UAS, or small drone) struck on May 8 Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Air Base in the western part of the country where US and other coalition forces are stationed, without causing injuries. Speaking to Al-Monitor, a security source at the air base said the attack...
Ain Al-Asad is largest military base for US forces in Iraq - Anadolu Agency
In an effort to curb growing Islamic State activity in security gaps along the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal Iraqi government are establishing Joint Coordination Centers.
US air base in Iraq hit by 3 rockets US Army Apache Longbow helicopters line the ramp at the airfield in Ein Al-Assad military base, Iraq, as seen on 7 January 2004 [SSGT Suzanne Jenkins, USAF] May 25, 2021 at 12:36 pm Iraq's Ain Al-Asad Air Base, which hosts American and other international forces, was attacked with three rockets yesterday, Russia Today reported. Locals were quoted as saying that a "missile fell inside the base, while the other two had fallen in the vicinity of the base." The spokesman for the US-led international military coalition, Wayne Marotto, told Reuters that...