At least five US personnel have been injured in a rocket attack at a military base in Iraq, US defence officials say, in what has been a recent uptick in strikes on American forces by Iranian ...
Regional tensions escalate The attack on Ain al-Asad Air Base occurred against a backdrop of escalating regional tensions. Last week, a Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran, and ...
The visit to the al-Asad air base just west of Baghdad, comes a day after Christmas and a week after major military shake-ups within the Trump administration. One week ago, Trump announced he was ...
In the wee hours of Jan. 8, Tehran retaliated over the U.S. killing of Iran's most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad air base in Iraq. Among the 2,000 troops stationed there was U.S. Army ...