Fire Burns Through U.S. Military Equipment At Iraqi Air Base After 56th Drone Attack (Videos) by Islamic Resistance (IRI)

On November 17 morning, a large fire broke out at hangers housing United States military aircraft and equipment in al-Harir US Air Base in the Erbil province of the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan after a drone attack.

[Note: All reprisals by Islamic Resistance groups (IRI) are described in Western Media as ‘IRANIAN ATTACKS’]

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), a coalition of armed militias, which includes fighters of Shiite armed groups that fought against terrorists of the Islamic State terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the attack on the air base, saying in a statement that it was carried out “in response to the crimes committed by the enemy [Israel] against people in Gaza.”

The group formed a special operations room to support Palestinian armed factions following the October 17 Al-Ahli Arab Hospital massacre.

The ongoing attacks obliged the U.S. to reinforce its bases in the Middle East with more than 1,200 troops and a dozen air defense systems. Nevertheless, Washington continues to provide Israel with unconditional support.

Two more attacks against U.S. forces were reported after the Pentagon’s update. A salvo of rockets hit the Conoco Mission Support Site in the eastern Syria governorate of Deir Ezzor late on November 14.

Another rocket attack targeted the Ayn al-Assad Air Base in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbat on November 15 morning.

United States forces have been attacked 55 times in Iraq and Syria since October 17, the Pentagon revealed on November 14…. southfront.press/ The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has not yet commented on the recent attacks on al-Harir, Ain al-Assad and Tell Beydar base

MH-47G Chinook and MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters as well as MQ-1C Gray Eagle combat drones of the U.S. elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment are usually deployed in al-Harir Air Base, right near the hangars which were set on fire by the drone attack

Iraq military bases: US pulling out of three key sites – BBC News The US army is pulling out of al-Qaim and two other key military bases in Iraq in the coming weeks. For years Iraq and Syria have been demanding US forces leave their countries.

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A few hours after the attack on al-Harir, the IRI announced that it had hit two other bases hosting U.S. troops with suicide drones, Ain al-Assad Air Base in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar and Tell Beydar base

Realistically the US bases in Syria have little future if it finally leaves its illegal and attacked bases in Iraq. The excuse that it’s there to fight ISIS resurgence is like a self fulfilling prophecy. The US is also the hated author of the continuing Caesar Act Sanctions, a kind of ‘sour grapes punishment’, stupidly and cruelly condemning the population (and Lebanon) to continued blockade and penury, even as Syria is readmitted as an Arab partner State.

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Late news:

The US is reportedly pulling out of 3 of its main Iraqi bases as drone and missile attacks in Syria and Iraq reach over 60 (18/11)23) amid worldwide anger at their support for Israeli Genocide in Gaza.

The US has recently been reinforcing its repeatedly attacked main El Beyder base in Hasakah and flying aggressive air sorties over Syria.

The US is also being attacked in their one base in their one southern Syria, al-Tanf base, dubbed as an ‘ISIS Training Center’, and in their Deir Ezzor Bases (Omar,Green Village)..in the Arabic tribal area south of Hasakah in Syria, where they are always accused of Trump’s boast of stealing Syrian oil, and are forcing the SDF to act as their reluctant police force.

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The IRI formed a special operations room to support Palestinian armed factions in Gaza and began launching attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and neighboring Syria following the October 17 Al-Ahli Arab Hospital massacre.

So far, the Pentagon admitted that 58 attacks have targeted U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria, ‘lightly wounding’ more than 50 troops.

The CENTCOM launched several retaliatory strikes against targets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor in an attempt to deter the IRI. However, the number of attacks on U.S. forces appears to be increasing.

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Via https://thefreeonline.com/2023/11/18/us-to-pull-out-of-3-key-bases-amid-dozens-of-attacks-in-iraq-and-syria-due-to-ongoing-us-backing-of-gaza-genocide-threat-to-rojava-sdf/