AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): An airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces and the so-called trainers are stationed, has reportedly come under attack by a barrage of rockets.
An Iraqi security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network that three Katyusha rockets targeted the vicinity of Ain al-Asad Air Base, located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, on Monday afternoon.
He added that there were no casualties as a result of the rocket attack on the military base.
“At approximately 02:45 p.m. local time (11:45 GMT), Ain al-Assad Air Base was attacked by three rockets. The rockets landed on the base perimeter. There are no injuries and damage is being assessed,” Colonel Wayne Marotto, Spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, wrote in a post published on his official Twitter page on Monday.
Meanwhile, Sabereen News, a Telegram news channel associated with Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units – better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi –, reported that eight 107mm rockets had targeted Ain al-Asad Air Base, and four of the projectiles had landed inside the military installation.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, which is the latest in a series of assaults that have targeted US occupation forces over the past few months.
The attacks come amid growing anti-US sentiment, which has intensified since last year's assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.
Lt. General Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the Deputy Head of the Popular Mobilization Units, were targeted along with their companions on January 3, 2020 in a terror drone strike authorized by former US President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport.
Two days after the attack, Iraqi lawmakers approved a bill that requires the government to end the presence of all foreign military forces led by the US in the country.
On January 8, 2020, the IRGC targeted Ain al-Asad after launching a wave of attacks to retaliate the assassination of Lt. General Soleimani.
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6 July 2021 - 04:05
News ID: 1157292
An airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces and the so-called trainers are stationed, has reportedly come under attack by a barrage of rockets.
