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Iraqi resistance targets US military bases in Iraq, Syria in retaliatory strikes

Wednesday, 27 December 2023 9:52 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 27 December 2023 9:52 AM ]

In this file picture, US occupation forces are seen at an unknown location in Iraq. (Photo by US Army)

Iraqi resistance fighters have launched two separate attacks against US military bases in western Iraq and neighboring Syria over Washington’s support for the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

A rocket attack targeted a US military base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar early on Wednesday, the Dubai-based and Saudi-owned al-Hadath television news network reported.

The report said three powerful blasts were heard at the US military facility. The consequences of the attack are unknown at this point.

Earlier, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, claimed responsibility for the drone strike against the US-run al-Shaddadi base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah.

In a statement published on its Telegram channel, the group noted that the drone strike was carried out in retaliation for US support of Israel’s bloody war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

There were no immediate reports about the extent of damage at the military facility, or possible casualties.

The United States, Israel’s biggest ally, has provided the regime with arms and ammunition since the initiation of the Gaza war.

Senior Iraqi politician condemns US airstrikes, calls for withdrawal of American troops

Hadi al-Ameri says the only solution to stop illegal and aggressive attacks by the US is the withdrawal of American occupation troops from Iraq.

Washington has also vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions that called on the occupying regime to cease its aggression.

Israel waged the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Strip-based Palestinian resistance groups of Hamas and Islamic Jihad carried out the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm into the occupied territories in response to the occupying regime’s intensified crimes against the Palestinian people.

According to the Gaza-based health ministry, at least 20,912 Palestinians have been killed in the strikes, most of them women and children, and more than 54,918 others injured.

Tel Aviv has also imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

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