Randa Slim
Senior Fellow and Director of Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program
Since March 2021, Iran-backed Iraqi militias have mounted at least 10 explosive-laden drone attacks on U.S. and coalition sites in Iraq. U.S.-led coalition officials in Iraq have described the rapidly evolving drone threat as the mission’s biggest concern. Last month, CENTCOM commander Marine Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie told journalists the U.S. was looking to develop better defenses against the drones.
Early morning on Monday, June 28, the Biden administration carried out airstrikes for the second time against Iraqi militias operating in the Iraq-Syria border region. Unlike their first airstrikes in late February, which bombed Iraqi militia sites inside Syria, this time U.S. military forces targeted three sites used for weapons storage and logistics purposes, one inside Iraq and two in eastern Syria. The spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister issued a statement condemning the attack as a �
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