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Sun 29 Oct 2023 11:36 am - Jerusalem Time

Iraqi factions attack a US forces base in Syria with two drones

Today (Sunday), Iraqi armed factions announced that they attacked a US forces base inside Syrian territory with two drones.


The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (a group of Iraqi Shiite factions) said in a statement, “The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted the American occupation base (Al-Shaddadi) south of the Syrian city of Hasakah, with two drones, which directly hit their targets.”


The same factions announced in a statement yesterday (Saturday) that they attacked the American forces base in the Syrian Al-Tanf region with two drones.


The American base is located in the Al-Tanf region in southeastern Syria.


These armed factions have previously announced attacks on American military bases in Syria.


Recently, Iraqi military bases where American forces and forces from the international coalition are present as advisors and trainers were subjected to attacks with missiles and drones, after the outbreak of fighting between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings on the seventh of this October.


Three weeks ago, Israel declared a state of war for the first time in 50 years, and launched a military operation called “Iron Swords” in the Gaza Strip after Hamas launched a surprise attack called “Al-Aqsa Flood,” which resulted in the deaths of 1,400 Israelis and more than 7,700. Palestinian until now.


The Pentagon announced last week that its forces were subjected to 13 attacks, 10 of which were in Iraq and 3 in Syria.

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Iraqi factions attack a US forces base in Syria with two drones

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