A number of US army personnel sustained accidents on Monday in a suspected rocket strike on an Iraqi army base, in accordance with US protection officers.
The strike happens amidst escalating tensions all through the Center East, following the latest assassinations of a high-ranking Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and the highest political chief of Hamas in Iran final week.
The Ain al-Assad base, located in western Iraq, has been the goal of a latest spate of rocket assaults, this base is dwelling to American troops and personnel from the US-led coalition combating in opposition to the Islamic State jihadist group.
The assault on al-Asad air base in Iraq was confirmed by Iraqi safety officers, however no group has claimed duty. US protection officers acknowledged that the troops stationed on the base are at the moment evaluating the extent of the injury brought on by the assault.
“There was a suspected rocket assault at this time in opposition to US and coalition forces” on the base, a US protection spokesperson stated. “Preliminary indications are that a number of US personnel had been injured.”
“Base personnel are conducting a post-attack injury evaluation” and updates will likely be offered as extra info turns into obtainable, the spokesperson added.
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have not too long ago renewed their assaults on US army bases in Iraq and Syria after a interval of a number of months.
The assaults resumed following a strike on a base in Jordan in late January, which resulted within the deaths of three US troopers and triggered a collection of retaliatory strikes by American forces.
From October to January, a coalition often known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq had constantly claimed duty for assaults, stating that they had been carried out in response to “Washington’s assist of Israel in its struggle in opposition to Hamas in Gaza” and with the aim of forcing American troops to withdraw from the area.
(With inputs from companies)
The strike happens amidst escalating tensions all through the Center East, following the latest assassinations of a high-ranking Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and the highest political chief of Hamas in Iran final week.
The Ain al-Assad base, located in western Iraq, has been the goal of a latest spate of rocket assaults, this base is dwelling to American troops and personnel from the US-led coalition combating in opposition to the Islamic State jihadist group.
The assault on al-Asad air base in Iraq was confirmed by Iraqi safety officers, however no group has claimed duty. US protection officers acknowledged that the troops stationed on the base are at the moment evaluating the extent of the injury brought on by the assault.
“There was a suspected rocket assault at this time in opposition to US and coalition forces” on the base, a US protection spokesperson stated. “Preliminary indications are that a number of US personnel had been injured.”
“Base personnel are conducting a post-attack injury evaluation” and updates will likely be offered as extra info turns into obtainable, the spokesperson added.
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have not too long ago renewed their assaults on US army bases in Iraq and Syria after a interval of a number of months.
The assaults resumed following a strike on a base in Jordan in late January, which resulted within the deaths of three US troopers and triggered a collection of retaliatory strikes by American forces.
From October to January, a coalition often known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq had constantly claimed duty for assaults, stating that they had been carried out in response to “Washington’s assist of Israel in its struggle in opposition to Hamas in Gaza” and with the aim of forcing American troops to withdraw from the area.
(With inputs from companies)
