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Series Of Attacks Target US Personnel In Iraq, Syria Series Of Attacks Target US Personnel In Iraq, Syria Two people were slightly wounded in the rocket attack on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, said coalition spokesman U.S. Army Colonel Wayne Marotto. Smoke is seen in al-Baghdadi following rocket attacks in Anbar province, Iraq. Baghdad/Amman: U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces, wou...

511 Baghdad, July 7 US-backed Syrian fighters and American troops foiled an attack with drones on Wednesday on a base housing members of the US-led coalition in eastern Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces said. In neighbouring Iraq, rockets hit a base housing US troops, inflicting two minor injuries. The attacks come as tension has been on the rise between US troops and Iran-backed fighters after American airstrikes in eastern Syria killed four Iraqi fighters late last month in areas along the Syria-Iraq border. The Pentagon said targets attacked on June 27, were facilities used by Iran-backe...

Series of attacks target U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria By Ahmed Rasheed and Suleiman Al-Khalidi Reuters BAGHDAD/AMMAN (Reuters) -U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria were targeted in three rocket and drone attacks in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraq officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets hitting an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces, wounding two American service members. While there were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks - part of a wave targeting U.S. troops or areas where they are based in Iraq and Syria - analysts believed they were part o...

US embassy, base in Iraq targeted by escalating rocket attacks Issued on: 08/07/2021 - 05:07 The US embassy in Iraq, pictured on January 3, 2020, the day Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad. © Ahmad al-Rubaye, AFP/file 4 min Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday, the Iraqi army said, at the end of a day marked by rocket and drone attacks on bases hosting American forces in Iraq and Syria. Advertising Read more The embassy itself was not hit, the...

Rockets fired at US embassy in Iraq after attacks on bases Toggle share menu Advertisement Rockets fired at US embassy in Iraq after attacks on bases Smoke is seen in al-Baghdadi following rocket attacks in Anbar province, Iraq July 7, 2021. Iraqi Media Security Cell/Handout via REUTERS 08 Jul 2021 10:57AM Share this content Bookmark BAGHDAD: Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday (Jul 8), the Iraqi army said, at the end of a day marked by rocket and drone attacks on bases hosting American forces in Iraq and Syria. The embassy itself ...