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Attacks target bases hosting forces in Iraq and Syria July 08 2021 12:49 AM
Text Size: AFP/ Baghdad Rocket and drone attacks yesterday targeted bases in Iraq and Syria hosting US forces that are part of an international coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
Fourteen rockets were fired at an air base hosting American troops in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, causing minor injuries to two personnel, the US-led coalition said.
It was the latest in a spate of attacks on US military and diplomatic facilities in Iraq, blamed on armed groups within a state-sponsored paramilitary force.
US forces, who have 2,500 troops deployed in Iraq as part of the anti-IS coalition, have been targeted almost 50 times this year in the country.