The US coalition has confirmed a drone strike on Ain al-Assad.
The US coalition officially confirmed the attack after media reports about a drone strike on the Ain al-Assad base in Iraq.
The International Coalition Against ISIL officially confirmed this morning (Friday) in a statement the drone strike on Ain al-Assad air base (western Iraq – Anbar province).
The US-led coalition announced on its Twitter account that an armed drone had entered the area of Ain al-Assad air base this morning. However, the coalition claimed that the US Air Defense had been able to shoot down the drone.
The US coalition also claimed that no one was injured in the attack. However, the statement went on to say that they were investigating.
The statement came after some news sources reported that several drones had attacked Ain al-Assad air base this morning. Al-Arabiya news network reported that the attacks were carried out from the leap desert.
At the same time, a reporter for the Rashatoudi news network reported that the Iraqi air defense had shot down two drones near the Ain al-Assad base. Al-Arabiya correspondent also reported that the state of readiness continues inside the Ayn al-Assad base.
Attacks on US military bases and logistics convoys in Iraq and Syria have intensified in recent months.
On July 26, Baghdad and Washington agreed to withdraw US combat troops from Iraq by the beginning of this year, leaving only a small number of US troops (an undisclosed number) to advise and train Iraqi forces.
US troops entered Iraq in 2014 at the request of the Iraqi government to fight ISIS, which at the time occupied a third of the country. Under this pretext, the United States deployed 3,000 troops in the form of an international coalition called ISIL, of which 2,500 were Americans. Following Baghdad’s victory over ISIS, the Iraqi people and government stressed the need for foreign troops to leave the country.
Despite several rounds of strategic talks between Baghdad and Washington to end the US military presence in Iraq due to the end of the war with ISIS and the approval of the plan to expel all foreign troops from Iraqi territory in the Iraqi parliament, the US still violates this resolution on the ground. Iraq is present. However, Iraqi officials have announced the withdrawal of US troops.
US officials have also made contradictory statements in this regard. Other officials, including Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the former commander of US Central Command at Centcom, have said that Washington will not reduce its troop numbers in Iraq.
