Three rockets targeted Monday (July 5th) an Iraqi air base in the desert west housing American soldiers, said the international anti-jihadist coalition, a type of attack attributed by Washington to allies in Iraq of its great Iranian enemy.
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The attack targeted the Ain al-Assad base in Anbar, western Iraqi province, according to coalition spokesperson Colonel Wayne Marotto, who did not report. victim. “
The rockets landed in the perimeter of the base. There are no injuries and the damage is being assessed,
”he added.
This new attack, which was not immediately claimed, comes a week after US strikes against positions of the powerful Iraqi paramilitary coalition of Hachd al-Chaabi in Syria and Iraq, which killed a dozen fighters . This pro-Iran paramilitary coalition is opposed to the American presence in Iraq and its leaders have repeatedly praised the rocket and drone bomb attacks that targeted Iraqi military bases housing Americans, without officially claiming them.
A total of 45 attacks have targeted US interests in Iraq since the start of the year, in particular the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraqi military bases housing Americans, the airports in Baghdad and Erbil, as well as convoys. coalition logistics. These attacks are attributed by Washington to pro-Iran factions in Iraq. The United States, which maintains 2,500 troops in Iraq as part of the international coalition fighting the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group, recently announced that it was offering up to $ 3 million for information on attacks targeting its interests. in Iraq.
