The Ain al-Assad air base, home to American soldiers, in the Iraqi province of Anbar. (Credit: Ayman Henna/AFP)
It seems that the Americans were taken by surprise. Although the region is on high alert, awaiting Iran’s response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in the middle of Tehran, five U.S. soldiers were wounded on Monday evening in an attack on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq.A rocket targeted the secure compound in the northwest of Baghdad that houses U.S. military personnel present in Iraq as part of the fight against the Islamic State group (ISIS). All eyes immediately turned to Hezbollah Brigades [Kataeb Hezbollah], which a few days earlier were hit by a U.S. strike that killed four people in Jurf al-Sakhar. Read also Amman attempts to mediate with Iran The “Revolutionaries” branch of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, an entity that emerged at the start of the war in Gaza, claimed responsibility for the attack, and would be a...
It seems that the Americans were taken by surprise. Although the region is on high alert, awaiting Iran’s response to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in the middle of Tehran, five U.S. soldiers were wounded on Monday evening in an attack on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq.A rocket targeted the secure compound in the northwest of Baghdad that houses U.S. military personnel present in Iraq as part of the fight against the Islamic State group (ISIS). All eyes immediately turned to Hezbollah Brigades [Kataeb Hezbollah], which a few days earlier were hit by a U.S. strike that killed four people in Jurf al-Sakhar. Read also Amman attempts to mediate with Iran The “Revolutionaries” branch of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq, an entity that emerged at the start of the war in Gaza, claimed responsibility for the attack, and would...
