US occupation forces fire 120mm illumination rounds using an XM905 Advanced Mortar Protection System from a fire base in al-Shaddadi region, Syria, on Feb. 14, 2023<\/p>\n
Two major US-run military bases in Syria\u2019s northeastern province of Hasakah and Iraq\u2019s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have been\u00a0once again targeted by drones, amid smoldering anti-US sentiments in the region over its unconditional support for Israel\u2019s onslaught on the Gaza Strip.<\/strong><\/p>\n Citing local sources speaking on condition of anonymity, Lebanon\u2019s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network reported that several unmanned aerial vehicles struck targets inside the US military installation\u00a0near al-Khadra\u00a0village in Hasakah province early on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n There were no immediate reports about the extent of damage at the military facility, and possible casualties.<\/p>\n Earlier, a drone attack targeted US forces based near the Erbil International Airport.<\/p>\n The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, has claimed responsibility for most of the dozens of recent attacks against US occupation forces in Iraq and Syria, saying they were carried out in retaliation for US support of Israel\u2019s bloody military campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n The Iraqi anti-terror group said, for the first time they launched Al-Aqsa 1 medium-range missile against the US occupation’s bases in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n The group said in a statement that, \u201cIn the context of responding to the Israeli occupation’s crimes in its aggression on Gaza under US diktats and administration, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq reveals Monday, and for the first time, the putting into the medium range Aqsa 1 into service, wherein it was launched at US occupation bases in Iraq and Syria in some of its operations.\u201d<\/p>\n