A US drone strike in Baghdad has killed three members of the powerful Kata'ib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander, according to US officials. The drone strike hit a car in the Iraqi capital - and was in response to a drone strike that killed three US troops in Jorda...
The US-based ABC News cited a US official as confirming that strikes in retaliation for a recent deadly attack on a US base in Jordan have begun in Syria. On Sunday, three US servicemen were killed in a drone strike on ...
The US carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Iraq after a drone attack by Iran-backed militants that left three US troops injured, officials said. Iraq's government condemned the American airstrikes on Iraqi military positions that it said killed one serviceman and wounded 18 other people....
drone first fired a warning shot, after which the driver jumped out, and a missile hit the vehicle shortly afterward. They said the truck belonged to Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, which is active along the Iraq-Syria border. RELATED: US airstrikes target Iran-backed militia groups in Syr...
On June 27, U.S. Air Force planes carried out airstrikes near the Iraq-Syria border against what the Pentagon said were facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups to support drone strikes inside Iraq. Four militiamen were killed.
US troops in Syria and Iraq have frequently come under attack since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on October 7, 2023. US retaliatory counterstrikes against Iran-backed militias in the region have so far failed to ...
Official: Iran has evidence it captured US droneBy ALI AKBAR DAREINI
The strikes came just hours after President Joe Biden and top defence leaders joined grieving families as the remains of three Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan were returned to the US.
Iran-Backed Attacks on US Troops in the Middle East Since Oct. 7 More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Members of an Iraqi Shi'ite armed group sit in a vehicle after an attack by a drone strike on an Iran-backed militia headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq January 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed ...
A person familiar with the matter said the strike killed Wisam Mohammed “Abu Baqer” al-Saadi, the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah’s operations in Syria. Wednesday’s drone strike was thesecond US attack in Iraqtargeting a senior leader of an Iranian-backed militia since October. S...