US military occupation bases in Iraq, Syria under fire
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The Iraqi resistance, once again, targets Ain al-Assad base in Iraq, this time using two UAVs.
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US occupation soldiers enter Bradley fighting vehicles at a US military base at an undisclosed location in Northeastern Syria, on Nov. 11, 2019 (AP)
Two United States occupation military bases in Syria and Iraq have come under attack, MEHR quoted Arab media as saying.
Ain al-Assad base in Iraq came under attack, and shortly after, an Iraqi Resistance group claimed responsibility, revealing that the operation was carried out using two UAVs.
Concurrently, local sources in Syria reported that the US bases in the Conoco gas field and al-Omar gas field were subjected to missile attacks.
Meanwhile, a US military official admitted that a total of four bases where US troops are stationed in the Middle East were attacked yesterday, as per NBC News, claiming that the rockets didn't result in any casualties or infrastructure damage.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for one of these attacks, saying it targeted US and coalition occupation forces at Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq.
Three other bases were also attacked in the region, the senior military official said today. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for more information.
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Timeline of recent operations against US military bases
These operations come in the context of escalating attacks by Resistance groups against American military positions in retaliation to US support for the Israeli genocidal war against Gaza.
On October 18, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance targeted US forces in Ain al-Aasad and Harir in the Iraqi province of Kurdistan.
On October 19, the US base in al-Tanf came under attack by three drones. On the same day, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the Conoco US military base in Deir Ezzor.
On October 20, an explosion was heard in the vicinity of the US Victoria military site, near Baghdad Airport, responsibility for which was claimed later by Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah. On the same day, several powerful explosions occurred in al-Omar oil field and the gas line connecting the Conoco gas field and the Abu Khashab desert in the northern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
On October 23, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance targeted US occupation bases al-Tanf and other US occupation bases near al-Rukban camp with UAVs.
On October 26, US forces in al-Shadadi occupation base in al-Hasakah, Syria, came under a rocket attack by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. Earlier in the day, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that its Resistance fighters targeted the US occupation Ain al-Assad base.
On October 28, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted US forces at the Al-Tanf base in Syria with two drones.
On October 29, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted al-Hasakah US military base in Syria using suicide drones.
On October 30, the US occupation military base in al-Omar gas field in Syria was shelled from Iraqi territory. Later, it was reported that the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq was targeted with a barrage of 4 rockets by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
