{"id":110330,"date":"2024-01-21T06:40:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T06:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=110330"},"modified":"2024-01-21T06:52:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T06:52:27","slug":"u-s-troops-wounded-in-major-attack-on-airbase-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/110330\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. troops wounded in major attack on airbase in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;U.S. officials said on Saturday that American troops were wounded in a major rocket attack on a military base in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. troops suffered minor injuries in the attack on the Ain al-Asad Airbase, the officials said, adding that one member of Iraq\u2019s security forces also sustained serious injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base was targeted with multiple rockets\u00a0hours after an Israeli airstrike killed five members of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only 2,500 U.S. troops have remained\u00a0in Iraq since 2021, merely in an advisory role, whereas there are\u00a0900 soldiers in Syria focused on fighting the Islamic State (ISIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Jan. 14, CBS Philadelphia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/new-jersey-soldiers-prepare-for-deployment-syria-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported\u00a0<\/a>that the U.S. is\u00a0sending 1,500 American troops from New Jersey to\u00a0the Middle East as part of\u00a0Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) to join the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, U.S. military bases in Syria and Iraq\u00a0have been regularly subjected\u00a0to attacks by Iranian-backed militias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><p><strong>By Stella Youssef<\/strong><\/p><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013&nbsp;U.S. officials said on Saturday that American troops were wounded in a major rocket attack on a military base in Iraq. 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