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At 9:30 p.m. local time, the United States conducted a drone strike on a vehicle in Baghdad, resulting in the death of three Kata'ib Hezbollah militants, among them senior commander Abu Baqir al-Saadi. [18] [9] The attack was denounced by the Iraqi government, saying that the US-led military coalition in Iraq is becoming a "factor for instability".
United States: MRAP: 250 [19] Goretz-M Russia: Armoured vehicle N/A [19] Cougar/ILAV Badger United States: MRAP 400 [19] International MaxxPro United States: MRAP 30 [19] Armoured utility vehicles Oshkosh M-ATV United States: MRAP ≈200 Used by ISOF. [30] Otokar Akrep Turkey: Infantry mobility vehicle: 400 [19] M1117 United States: Armoured ...
On 23 January 2024, the United States launched a series of airstrikes on three facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Iraq. [85] [86] The United States defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, announced the strikes in a statement the same day. [87] The strikes targeted several militia groups with connections to Iran, including Kataib Hezbollah.
The United States has 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq on a mission it says aims to advise and assist local forces trying to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State, which in 2014 seized large ...
In the morning of 31 August 2024, a raid was carried out by the American and Iraqi military in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, targeting the Islamic State. The raid targeted a "senior leader" of the Islamic State, later identified as Abu Ali Al-Tunisim, who was killed. [1] [2] Also killed was Ahmad Hamed, an Islamic State deputy commander. [1]
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
Though Iraq still lingers in the American consciousness, the CIA finds itself in a very different, and more salutary, position today regarding the intelligence battle over Russia’s invasion of ...
The Battle of Tal Afar also known as Operation Restoring Rights [5] was a military offensive conducted by the United States Army and supported by Iraqi forces, to eliminate Al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgents in the city of Tal Afar, Iraq in response to the increase of insurgent attacks against U.S. and Iraqi positions in the area and to end the brutal tactics against the population by the ...