Iran-backed militia hits U.S. base in Iraq following airstrikes
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced on Saturday attacking a U.S. base in Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), following American airstrikes on facilities of Iranian-backed militias.
The Islamic Resistance, a coalition of Iranian-backed militias, said it targeted the al-Harir air base, which hosts U.S. troops, near Erbil in Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) using drones.
This came in hours after U.S. forces conducted airstrikes against more than 85 facilities linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Quds Force and affiliated militia groups.
The strikes occurred in response to a drone attack that targeted the U.S. Tower 22 base in Jordan near the Syrian border late in January that killed three American troops and injured over 40 others.