Drones and rockets targeted two military bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq, the latest in a series of attacks after Iraqi militants warned Washington against intervening to support Israel against Hamas in Gaza.
The US is storing offensive military weapons at a base in Iraq, despite a 2021 agreement meant to see the US transition from a combative to an advisory role, a senior Iraqi military official says.
The US-led international military coalition said in a statement that it had conducted 'an operational exercise… that involved engaging an Unmanned Aerial System' at Iraq's Ain Al-Asad air base as part of a training exercise.