A U.S. service member was injured and a member of the Iraqi security forces was also seriously injured in Saturday's attack on Iraq's al-Asad air base, according to reports.
The base came under tactical missile attack, and more than 15 U.S. Patriot missiles were fired to intercept it. But some missiles made it through, said Charles Lister, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Institute Syria Program and the Middle East Institute Counterterrorism and Extremism Program.
Lister wrote that the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement, an umbrella organization for Iranian-backed Iraqi extremists, claimed responsibility for the attack.
A U.S. service member was injured and a member of the Iraqi security forces was also seriously injured in an attack on Iraq's al-Asad air base, pictured, on Saturday, according to reports. (Getty Images)
U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria have been attacked again, bringing the total since October to at least 90. 17
A defense official told Fox News that the missile was fired from inside Iraq, leaving two U.S. military personnel with concussions that the Pentagon described as “traumatic brain injuries.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department and the White House for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Iraq's al-Asad air base was attacked on Saturday. (Google Maps)
Iran announces attacks in northern Iraq and Syria
Since the Israeli-Hamas war began in October, U.S. forces have been attacked by Iranian-backed militants at least 58 times in Iraq and another 83 times in Syria, usually with a combination of rockets and one-way attack drones. It is said that there is Reuters. The extremists are trying to make the United States pay for its support of Israel's support for the Iranian-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, various militias have launched more than 130 attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria. (Fox News)
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The U.S. has sent 900 troops to Syria and 2,500 troops to Iraq to advise and assist local forces seeking to stem the resurgence of Islamic State, which took control of large parts of both countries before being defeated in 2014. The mission is to
The attack came after three armed drones were shot down near where U.S. and other international troops are stationed in Iraq on Tuesday, officials said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
