Sharjah 24 – WAM: A drone attack on Monday targeted a military base in northern Iraq, US and Iraqi officials said, in the latest such incident.
The number of attacks targeting the coalition, which deployed troops to Iraq to fight the “Daesh” group, has surged since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.
In Monday's incident a drone was launched towards a base close to Arbil airport, in Iraqi Kurdistan, Yehia Rasool, the Iraqi prime minister's spokesman for military affairs, said in a statement.
The attack caused injuries, Rasool said, without giving further details.
A US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that a drone attack was launched "at US and coalition forces" at the airbase, adding "we are still awaiting injury and damage assessments (if any)".
That base is also home to US and coalition forces.
A tally by US military officials has counted 103 attacks against its troops in Iraq and Syria since October 17.
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