2024-04-22 05:28:27
The Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades announced that the Iraqi armed factions had decided to resume attacks once morest American forces present in the country, a few hours following the launch of missiles from the north. Iraq Towards an American base in Syria.
The attack on American forces is the first since early February, when Iran-aligned factions in Iraq suspended His attacks on American forces.
The Brigades said in a statement that the decision to resume attacks resulted from the lack of significant progress in talks aimed at withdrawing US forces during Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani’s visit to Washington.
The statement added that what happened a short time ago was just the beginning, in apparent reference to the missile attack that targeted a base housing US forces in Syria on Sunday evening.
Attack on an American base
Reuters cited a US official as saying that a fighter belonging to the international coalition once morest ISIS destroyed a missile launcher “in self-defense” in response to the attack on the US base, adding that no No American soldiers were injured.
On Sunday evening, Iraqi security forces announced that missiles had been launched from northern Iraq towards a coalition base in neighboring Syria, adding that they had found the wheel used to carry out the launch.
Iraqi security forces said in a statement that they had launched an “extensive search and inspection operation” to track down the perpetrators in Iraq’s northern Nineveh governorate on the border. with Syria.
Two Iraqi security sources said at least five missiles were launched from the town of Zammar in Nineveh governorate toward a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria.
An Iraqi security source also reported that rockets were launched from the northwest area of Mosul towards the Kharab al-Jir base in Syria.
The attack came a day following a massive explosion in Camp Kalsu, Iraq This led to the death of a member of the Popular Mobilization Forces.
Popular Mobilization Forces Chief of Staff Abdulaziz Al-Muhammadawi said the explosion was due to an attack, while the army said it was investigating the matter.
The launch of the missile on Sunday evening comes in a very tense regional climate, fueled by… The war in Gaza AndTensions between Israel and Iran.
The US military command in the Middle East (CENTCOM) denied any responsibility for the “explosion” which occurred on Saturday, while the Israeli occupation army told Agence France-Presse that it “does not comment on information contained in foreign media.
Previous attacks
The “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” claimed responsibility for most of the attacks once morest American coalition soldiers, carried out mainly between mid-October and early February, in solidarity with the Palestinians once morest the backdrop of the Israeli war once morest Gaza.
A drone attack on January 28 led to the death of 3 American soldiers in the middle of the Jordanian desert, on the Syrian border. In response, Washington toughened its tone and implemented Several successes In Iraq and Syria once morest factions loyal to Iran.
However, since the beginning of February, relative calm has reigned between the two parties.
The United States deploys regarding 2,500 troops in Iraq and regarding 900 in neighboring Syria, as part of the international coalition it created to fight ISIS in 2014.
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