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On August 5, 2024, a missile attack targeted the Al-Asad airbase in western Iraq, resulting in injuries to at least five US servicemembers and two contractors. [50] The attack involved the firing of two Katyusha rockets, which landed inside the base. [51] One of the injured servicemembers sustained serious injuries. [52]
The city of Erbil, which is the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, was the target of 11 of the 15 total missiles that were fired. The remaining four missiles were directed at Syria's Idlib Governorate, targeting areas held by the Syrian opposition. [5] [6] In Erbil itself, the Iranian attack killed four civilians and injured 17 ...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad condemned the attacks, calling the attacks "blatant American aggression" in the interest of “Western colonialism and the Zionist entity", the group also stated that it “salutes to the revolutionary Iraqi and Syrian peoples who, along with the Yemeni and Lebanese peoples, are paying the price for their support of ...
Several U.S. personnel are believed to be injured following a suspected rocket attack on U.S. and coalition forces at al-Asad airbase in Iraq, a defense official confirmed to NBC News.
Iran on Monday struck Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, with ballistic missiles in what it said was an attack on an Israeli spy headquarters -- claims denied by Iraqi ...
A suspected rocket attack on Monday has injured several U.S. personnel in Iraq, according to a defense spokesperson. The attack struck Al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq, the official said, adding ...
In November, U.S. fighter jets struck a Kataib Hezbollah operations center and command and control node, following a short-range ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces at Al-Assad Air Base in ...
Two days after the attack, Iran's Ministry of Interior ordered walls to be built on its borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan. [33] [34] On 15 and 16 January 2024, Iran launched missile attacks at Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan, describing them as retaliatory attacks in response to the bombing. [35] [36]