Two Americans injured in attack on Ain al-Assad

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A Pentagon spokesman said, “What is believed to be a missile attack occurred today against American and coalition (anti-jihadist) forces at the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq . The spokesman did not specify the number of injuries or their severity.
This statement came shortly after Iraqi military sources announced that “missiles were fired at the Ain al-Asad base” in Anbar Governorate. A military source told Agence France-Presse, asking not to be identified, that some of those missiles “landed inside the base,” while a missile landed in nearby village without causing damage.
The Pentagon said in a statement that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant “agreed, during a telephone call, that the attack by militias linked to Iran on US forces stationed at the base represents a dangerous escalation and proves that Iran is unstable. role in the area.”

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For his part, an official in an Iranian-backed group told Agence France-Presse that “at least two missiles were aimed at the base,” without specifying who carried out the attack, and a source confirmed another in the same group that he was attacked. happened
These attacks were repeated shortly after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas, but the frequency decreased significantly after that. Monday’s attack comes amid growing fears that Iran and its allies could launch an attack against Israel in response to the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. on a senior leader in Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in the southern suburbs of Beirut last week. It also comes after US forces launched an air strike on Tuesday night against Iraqi fighters loyal to Iran who were trying to launch marches that pose a threat to US forces and the – bond, according to an American official.

Iraqi sources said the attack left four people dead, noting that it was the first by the Americans since February. It targeted locations where American soldiers or their allies were in Iraq on July 16 and 25. US forces in Iraq and Syria have not been targeted since April, but strikes were about 175 times more frequent in the first months of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which includes groups loyal to the Islamic Republic, claims responsibility for most of the attacks, noting that they come in the direction of within the framework of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

In January, a drone strike resulting from this move killed three American soldiers at a base in Jordan. In response, the United States launched dozens of strikes against pro-Iranian fighters in Iraq and Syria.
In recent months, Baghdad has tried to calm the situation by engaging in talks with Washington about the future of the international coalition mission in Iraq, which the pro-Iranian groups want it to be withdrawn There are about 2,500 American soldiers stationed in Iraq and 900 in Syria.