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Attacks. On 15 February 2021, at around 21:30 local time, [21] approximately fourteen 107mm rockets [4] were launched from an area south of Erbil near the border with Kirkuk Governorate, [3] and three of them struck the section of the airport hosting U.S. and coalition partner forces. [4] Despite this, the rockets struck all over the city's ...
2022 Erbil missile attacks. The 2022 Erbil missile attacks occurred on 13 March 2022 when multiple ballistic missiles were launched by the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from East Azerbaijan province, Iran, against the city of Erbil in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. [4][5] 12 Fateh-110 ballistic missiles were reportedly launched from Iran. [6]
2024 Iranian missile strikes in Iraq and Syria. On 15 January 2024, Iran carried out a series of aerial and drone strikes within Iraq and Syria, claiming that it had targeted the regional headquarters of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and several strongholds of terrorist groups in response to the Kerman bombings on 3 January, for which ...
Rocket attacks against U.S. forces in the country increased during the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis. Iran has been involved in Syria's civil war since the onset of the conflict in 2011, initially advising pro-government elements there, while the U.S. has played an active role in the conflict reportedly since 2012 but only formally ...
Operation Martyr Soleimani. Operation Martyr Soleimani. Part of events that followed the assassination of Qasem Soleimani during the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis. Damage (encircled) to at least five structures at Ayn al-Asad airbase in a series of missile attacks by Iran. Operational scope.
The airstrikes on Al Hury, Syria, 27 June 2021. On 28 June 2021, President Biden directed airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups close to the Syria-Iraq border. [2] F-15E and F-16 aircraft were used to launch the attack in what the U.S. described as a retaliatory attack against U.S. facilities and personnel in Iraq by militia groups.
Observers have warned that Israel and the United States will increase attacks against Iran in the final days of the Trump administration, which gave unprecedented support to the government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. [9] US officials confirmed that the strikes were carried out with intelligence provided by the United States.
U.S. maintains limited military presence, approximately 2,500 U.S. military personnel remain in Iraq as of December 2021, providing assistance, advice and training to Iraqi forces [31] Coalition ends combat mission in December 2021, but remain in an advisory and assistance capacity [32] [33] Territorial changes