BAGHDAD: Iraq‘s navy condemned on Tuesday “reckless” actions in opposition to bases on its soil and mentioned it had captured a truck with a rocket launcher a day after not less than 5 US personnel have been wounded in an assault amid an escalation of Center East battle.
The area is on edge over the Gaza conflict and attainable reprisals by Iran and its allies after the killing of senior members of militant teams Hamas and Hezbollah.
“We reject all reckless actions and practices focusing on Iraqi bases, diplomatic missions, and the whereabouts of the worldwide coalition’s advisers, and all the things that may increase rigidity within the area,” the Iraqi navy assertion mentioned.
The navy didn’t verify US personnel have been injured, as US officers instructed Reuters, however did say two rockets have been fired on Monday at Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq from the close by city of Haditha.
A small truck was seized with a rocket launcher mounted on the again. Eight unfired rockets have been dismantled, the assertion mentioned.
“The formations in our safety forces, by intelligence and safety work, have obtained vital details about the perpetrators of this assault in opposition to Ain al-Asad, and they’re at present being pursued to carry them to justice,” the assertion added, with out giving extra particulars.
A uncommon ally of each the US and Iran, Iraq hosts 2,500 US troops and has Iran-backed militias linked to its safety forces. It has witnessed escalating tit-for-tat assaults because the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted in October.
The area is on edge over the Gaza conflict and attainable reprisals by Iran and its allies after the killing of senior members of militant teams Hamas and Hezbollah.
“We reject all reckless actions and practices focusing on Iraqi bases, diplomatic missions, and the whereabouts of the worldwide coalition’s advisers, and all the things that may increase rigidity within the area,” the Iraqi navy assertion mentioned.
The navy didn’t verify US personnel have been injured, as US officers instructed Reuters, however did say two rockets have been fired on Monday at Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq from the close by city of Haditha.
A small truck was seized with a rocket launcher mounted on the again. Eight unfired rockets have been dismantled, the assertion mentioned.
“The formations in our safety forces, by intelligence and safety work, have obtained vital details about the perpetrators of this assault in opposition to Ain al-Asad, and they’re at present being pursued to carry them to justice,” the assertion added, with out giving extra particulars.
A uncommon ally of each the US and Iran, Iraq hosts 2,500 US troops and has Iran-backed militias linked to its safety forces. It has witnessed escalating tit-for-tat assaults because the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted in October.
