Baghdad, Iraq.
Ain al Asad military base in Al Anbar province in Iraq (west), where troops come from U.S, was attacked on Wednesday with ten missiles, without news from victimyes, they reported its Iraqi troops and the US-led international coalition.
“Ten missiles were fired at one Iraqi military base, the air basean Al Asad, where coalition forces are housed, ” said the spokesman for the coalition fighting the terrorist group. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Colonel Wayne Marotto, on his Twitter account.
U.S attributes these attacks to pro-Iranian Shia militias in that of Syria.
Marotto specified that the attack took place at 7:20 am local time (4:20 GMT) and that “the forces of Iraqi security they carry one investigation into the attack “
The military spokesman did not provide information about possible casualties or material damage, but the security communications cell of the Iraqi government assured in a statement that nwhether there were “significant losses” and that the launch pads de three of the projectiles.
The Ain al Asad base had already been attacked in December 2019 with five missiles that were also not attacked on that occasion. caused casualties.
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On the other hand, this is the second attacke in the past month against a basis with a presence in the US after February 15 last year a contractor ofl Army of that country was killed by the impact of missiles on a base in Erbil, in the Iraqi Kurdistan (North).
In that action, a American soldier and other contractors. Also a week later two projectiles ipact around the embassy of United States in Baghdad without making victims.
Retaliation, Washington has been bombed positions of pro-Iranian Shia militias in eastern Syria, which it holds responsible for these attacks Iraq. EFE