{"id":110801,"date":"2024-02-03T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T11:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=110801"},"modified":"2024-02-03T11:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T11:06:40","slug":"iran-backed-militia-hits-u-s-base-in-iraq-following-airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/110801\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-backed militia hits U.S. base in Iraq following airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211;<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This came in hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/110783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. forces conducted airstrikes<\/a> against more than 85 facilities linked to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Quds Force and affiliated militia groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Ahmad Othman<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211; 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. 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