Editorial
Yesterday, US military forces were attacked four times in Iraq and Syria with rockets and armed drones. One of the military spokesmen told Reuters that the attacks caused no casualties or damage to infrastructure.
The official said U.S. and international forces were attacked at two sites in northeastern Syria with multiple rockets and an attack drone.
In Iraq, multiple drones were launched at Ain Al-Asad air base, west of Baghdad, and one drone was launched at a base hosting U.S. and multinational forces near Erbil airport, in northern Baghdad. Iraq.
A group that calls itself "Islamic resistance in Iraq“, which according to analysts brings together other small Iraqi armed groups aligned with Iran, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The attacks come a day after the United States struck the pro-Iranian armed group Kataeb Hezbollah (KH) south of Baghdad. The attack, according to the KH ha, resulted in the death of eight militiamen.
The attack was also condemned by the Iraqi government which considers it an escalation and a violation of national sovereignty.
US officials, in response, said the US had struck pro-Iran groups in the area, following indiscriminate attacks on US and allied forces starting on October 17, 10 days after the war began. between Israel and Hamas, they have suffered over dozens of armed violations.
As of Thursday, there were 36 strikes in Iraq and 37 in Syria, the U.S. military official said.
The Italian soldiers in Iraq
At the Erbil base in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, a contingent of 300 Italian soldiers is positioned, in force at theItalian National Contingent Command - Land, inserted in the context of the operation “First Parthica".
Le Italian Armed Forces, together with the partners of the multinational coalition of the "Prima Parthica" mission, are on the front line for the stabilization of the area alongside the local security forces, to neutralize the last ISIS terrorist resistance cells and support the Armed and Police Forces in so that they can independently guarantee the security of the country and the population.
First Parthica operation
Launched in 2018, the objective of the mission is to support the training capacity of Iraqi forces in a wide range of sectors: countering the use of improvised explosive devices, clearing and mine clearance, civil and military planning, military medicine and many other activities ; support relevant ministries in Iraq in developing a sustainable military structure through civil-military cooperation; carry out an important action to combat terrorism by supporting the development of national security capabilities and thus preventing the return of Daesh (Arabic acronym for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).
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