Alwaght- The US’ Embassy in Baghdad was targeted by several drones early on Tuesday with the weapon systems set up to fortify the facility firing at least four times to try to down the aircraft.
Iraq’s Shafaq news website said the embassy was targeted by three drones, all of which were downed. The website claimed that one of the drones had been hit by the so-called C-RAM weapon system, while others crashed after being targeted with electronic warfare and radar technology.
However, some sources, such as Iraq’s Sabereen News outlet said “a bomb-laden drone” had hit an area inside the embassy’s military compound.
No earlier than on Monday, Ain al-Assad, an airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces and trainers are stationed, reportedly came under attack by a barrage of rockets.
“At approximately 2:45 PM local time (1145 GMT), Ain al-Assad Air Base was attacked by three rockets. The rockets landed on the base perimeter. There are no injuries and damage is being assessed,” Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the US-led military coalition in Iraq, tweeted.
No person or party has claimed responsibility for either of the attacks yet.
However, Iraq’s resistance groups have vowed to continue their struggle until expulsion of all US-led forces from the Arab country.
The foreign presence was ruled illegal in a parliamentary vote early last year after a US drone strike martyred senior Iranian and Iraqi anti-terror commanders, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Both Soleimani and Muhandis played a key role in defeating the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh, which the US has been using as an alleged excuse to prolong its illegal presence on the Iraqi soil.
