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US eliminates Iran-backed militants in Iraq amid continued rocket, drone attacks
A ballistic missile attack that targeted Ain al-Assad caused one death, several non-serious injuries, and some minor damage to infrastructure.
The US struck two facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Jurf al-Nasr in Iraq early Wednesday morning, after the militias continued rocket and drone attacks against US forces in the region on Tuesday.
Initial reports by Iraqi media indicated that several militants were killed in the strikes.
US CENTCOM stated that it conducted "discrete, precision strikes" against two facilities in Iraq, adding that "the strikes were in direct response to the attacks against US and Coalition forces by Iran and Iran-backed groups, including the one in Iraq on November 21, which involved use of close-range ballistic missiles."
The attack came just hours after at least one militant from the
Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia in Iraq was killed in a US airstrike in response to a ballistic missile attack against the Ain al-Assad base in Iraq, where US forces are hosted, according to CENTCOM and reports by Iraqi media.
CENTCOM reported on Tuesday that an AC-130 gunship targeted militants responsible for a missile attack against Ain al-Asad Air Base. The strike against the militants resulted in several casualties, according to CENTCOM.
Kataib Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that an operative in the Iran-backed militia named Fadel al-Maksusi had been killed in the US strike.
A ballistic missile attack that targeted Ain al-Assad caused one death, several non-serious injuries, and some minor damage to infrastructure.
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