The Ain al-Assad military base, located in the Iraqi province of Anbar, came under rocket fire. This was announced on Wednesday, March 3, by Al Jazeera, citing sources in the country’s security services.
It is known that the base is being used by the forces of the international coalition led by the United States. According to the TV channel, 10 rockets fell near the base of the military.
Information about the victims and destruction is not provided. The details of the incident are being specified.
On February 15, the area of the airport of the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil, came under rocket fire. The US base is also located in this area. Media reported that five rockets fell in the vicinity, two of which were in the immediate vicinity of an American military base, and another in a residential area near the Chinese embassy.
The next day, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the US reserves the right to respond to rocket attacks in Iraqi Erbil. She clarified that, according to preliminary information, as a result of the rocket attack, one civilian was killed and several more representatives of the international coalition were injured, including an American soldier and specialists from the United States.
On February 25, Reuters reported that the United States launched an airstrike against targets in Syria that may belong to the Iranian military. Later, the information about the strike was confirmed by the Pentagon.
According to The Washington Post, several people were killed in the airstrike. As the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin is sure, the blow was dealt to the Shiite group, which earlier made sorties in Iraq, including against the interests of the United States.
On February 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States had warned the Russian military about an impending strike on Syrian targets a few minutes before it. On the same day, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that Russia strongly condemns the US airstrike on Syria. She also reiterated Moscow’s rejection of any attempts to turn Syrian territory into an arena for settling geopolitical scores.