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Islamic State takes border station in Iraqi desert with 'drug smuggling wali' A recent incident along Iraq’s western border and alleged connections between drug smuggling and Islamic State cells in the area have raised concern. An Iraqi Shiite fighter from a Popular Mobilization Units rides his motorbike in Qaim on the Iraqi side of the border with Syria on Nov. 12, 2018. - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images May 8, 2021 BAGHDAD — Orders to arrest three Iraqi border guard commanders in late April after positions were abandoned and equipment and weaponry were left to alleged I...

BAGHDAD — A drone packed with explosives hit an Iraqi base housing US troops early Saturday causing damage but no casualties, the Iraqi military and the US-led coalition said.The attack on 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

UAV Attacks Iraq's Ain Al-Asad Air Base That Hosts US Forces, Reports Say © AP Photo / Nasser Nasser Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202105081082831567-uav-attacks-iraqs-ain-al-asad-air-base-that-hosts-us-forces-reports-say/ Earlier, two rockets fell in an empty yard inside the Ain al Asad air base in Iraq’s Anbar province. The US-led coalition said that an attack by an unmanned aerial surveillance system had targeted Iraq's Ain Al-Asad air base, which is hosting US forces. According to US Army Colonel Wayne Marotto, spo...

0 shares Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq, December 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File) A drone strike early on Saturday targeted a military base in Iraq that hosts US troops, causing only minor damage and no casualties, Iraq’s military and the US-led coalition said. The pre-dawn attack damaged a hangar at the Ain Al-Asad base, tweeted coalition spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto. He said the attack was under investigation. An Iraqi military statement also said no losses were reported. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. The US has blamed Iran-backed...

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 5, 2021 Increased threats and attacks by Iran-backed militias forced American contractors to evacuate Iraq’s Balad Air Base in March, where they were supporting Iraq’s F-16 program, a U.S. government report said this week. Without the Americans, the Iraqis cannot perform the full range of maintenance tasks on the country’s fleet of F-16s, which are key in the fight against the Islamic State group. Thirty-two of the 36 F-16 fighter jets Iraq received from 2014 to 2017 were inventoried at Balad last summer, and 75% were either fully or...