Iranian-backed terrorists attacked a US air base in Iraq with ballistic missiles, injuring numerous US personnel

Iranian-backed terrorists attacked a US air base in Iraq with ballistic missiles, injuring numerous US personnel

Iranian-backed terrorists attacked a US air base in Iraq with ballistic missiles, injuring numerous US personnel

The air defense system of the air base successfully intercepted and destroyed the majority of the missiles in midair, as reported by the US Central Command. A few missiles managed to find their objective, the base. The damage is still being assessed. Numerous head injuries have been reported by US forces. "At least one Iraqi service member was injured in the attack."

On Sunday, US authorities said that a number of its soldiers had been injured in an assault on the western Iraqi airfield of Al Asad by insurgents supported by Iran. This strike also resulted in several injuries to Iraqi forces. Multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were fired by insurgents supported by Iran on January 20, at about 6:30 p.m. Baghdad time, with the aim of hitting the Al Asad airfield located in western Iraq, according to a tweet from US Central Command.

The air defense system of the air base successfully intercepted and destroyed the majority of the missiles in midair, as reported by the US Central Command. A few missiles managed to find their objective, the base. The damage is still being assessed. Numerous head injuries have been reported by US forces. The incident resulted in at least one Iraqi military man being hurt. According to US Central Command, the United States destroyed three of the Houthi rebels' anti-ship missiles in the Red Sea on Saturday after launching a significant bombardment on them.

Situated in the western Iraqi province of Al-Anbar, Al-Asad Air Base is home to the Iraqi Armed Forces. Qadisiyah Air Base was its original name. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, it was the second-biggest American military airfield in Iraq. It is hardly impossible that the missile strike on the Al-Assad airfield was orchestrated by Houthi rebels. During its operation in the Red Sea, the US military said that Houthi rockets posed a danger to US Navy and commerce ships in the area. Consequently, in self-defense, those missiles were destroyed.

Three US military men were wounded by a drone assault on a US facility in northern Iraq last month; one of them was critically hurt. In reaction to the missile assaults, the US said it had killed the insurgents and began airstrikes. many buildings were damaged, and many terrorists from Kataib Hezbollah were killed in Iraq—possibly as a result of airstrikes. Let us remind you that on October 7 of last year, Hamas launched an unexpected assault on Israel, sparking a bloody conflict in Gaza.

Since then, there have been several conflicts in the area between rebel organizations supported by Iran and US troops. The US has since warned of a protracted conflict in the area. Hamas is a member of an Iranian-backed regional alliance. The armed factions participating are unified in their opposition to Israel and the Western powers. Here, in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, the US is waging war on Houthi rebels. Additionally, US airstrikes have targeted Houthi sites in Yemen.