United States of America This Wednesday, it shot down three drones targeting the country’s troops deployed in Iraq.United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
The events occurred in the last 24 hours: Two UAVs were detected in western Iraq and measures were taken, resulting in their shooting down, one being destroyed, the other damaged and some soldiers slightly injured. CENTCOM said in a statement that the third unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed in Northern Iraq.
Official sources in Iraq had reported that “bomb drones” aiming to attack a US military base in Northern Iraq were shot down a few hours ago. later claimed by an Iraqi armed group We support Palestinian groups currently at war with Israel.
In particular, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Counter-Terrorism Authority in the north of the country announced that a drone bomb was dropped near the military base where US forces are located in the city of Erbil, the capital of the region. The Kurdish Administration announced in its statement that “at 12:18 (9:18 GMT) an unmanned bomb drone crashed into the desert area near Batasi village in Harir municipality of Erbil province.” ), without causing inconvenience or material damage.”
A source from Erbil Police told EFE on condition of anonymity: “It was US air defense systems at Harir base that shot down the drone The person who tried to attack the base.”
An armed organization calling itself Tashkil al Warezin (‘Formation of the Heirs’) claimed responsibility for this attempted attack. “We support Palestinian groups that are currently at war with Israel.”. This organization, which is part of the Islamic Resistance groups in Iraq and brings together a group of armed Shiite groups, said in a statement that this attack “on the US occupation base in Al Harir in northern Iraq” was “frames for support purposes”. “Operations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque Storm.”