In the launch of ballistic missiles against a base at Iraqwhere American troops are stationed, militants advanced on Saturday near Iran, as announced by the joint command of the armed forces of the USA in charge of the Middle East region (CENTCOM, “central command”), citing an Iraqi soldier wounded and possible injuries to American servicemen.
“At around 6:30 p.m. (Baghdad time; 5:30 p.m. Greek time) on January 20, ballistic missiles and rockets were fired by Iranian-backed fighters against Al-Assad Air Base in western Iraq.”CENTCOM reported via X (formerly Twitter).
He added how “at least one Iraqi soldier was wounded” and that US soldiers are being tested for concussions or brain injuries.
According to the same source, “most” of the missiles were intercepted and were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense systems.
Earlier, an Iraqi police officer and a US military officer said about ten rockets were fired yesterday in western Iraq against the Ain al-Assad base, which hosts troops from the US and other countries of the international anti-jihadist coalition.
The “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” claimed responsibility in a statementas they call themselves fighters from armed groups close to Iran, who have launched dozens of attacks against the international anti-jihadist coalition since mid-October.
Responsibility for most of these actions was claimed by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” and Washington carried out repeated retaliatory strikes. The U.S. maintains around 900 troops deployed in Syria and nearly 2,500 more in Iraq as part of operations against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group by an international coalition they formed in 2014.
Yesterday's attack comes against the background of the explosive situation in the region due to the war between Israel, whose main ally is the US, and Hamas, which is supported by Iran.
Yesterday, five members of the Revolutionary Guards, an elite body of the Iranian army, were killed in a strike in Damascus that Tehran attributed to Israel, threatening to retaliate.
On the night of Monday to Tuesday, Iran launched ballistic missiles against the autonomous region of Kurdistan, in northern Iraq, emphasizing that it targeted a facility used by “spies of the Zionist regime” (according to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad).
Between October 17 and January 17, at least 140 drone, rocket and short-range ballistic missile attacks were launched against international coalition forces in Iraqi and Syrian territory, according to a US Defense Department spokesman.
Source: News Beast
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