U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria were attacked four times on November 23 with missiles and drones, but there were no casualties or damage to infrastructure. This was reported by Reuters, citing a US military official.
The official said that US and international forces were attacked at two sites in northeastern Syria with missiles and drones.
Journalists noted that in Iraq, several drones were launched at the Ain al-Asad air base west of Baghdad, and a drone was launched at a base where US troops are stationed near the Erbil airport in northern Iraq.
A group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which, according to analysts, unites several Iraqi armed groups linked to Iran, announced attacks on these facilities earlier that day.
According to the agency, the attacks occurred the day after the United States struck the Iranian-affiliated armed group Kataib Hezbollah (KH) south of Baghdad, killing eight of its members, according to KH. The Iraqi government condemned the attack as an escalation and a violation of sovereignty.
U.S. officials said the United States struck Iranian-linked groups after they escalated their attacks, which have targeted U.S. and international forces dozens of times since October 17, 10 days after the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, Reuters reported.
As of Thursday, there have been 36 attacks in Iraq and 37 in Syria, according to a U.S. military official.
- From October 17 to October 24, 2023, US military bases in the Middle East were attacked by drones and missiles more than 10 times during combat missions in Iraq and Syria. As a result, 20 American servicemen were wounded.
- On October 20, during his address to Americans, US President Joe Biden assured that the United States would hold Iran accountable for supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine and Hamas’ war against Israel.
- On October 27, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at a briefing that on October 26, the United States struck two Iranian targets in Syria.
