All injured personnel have since returned to duty, the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the newspaper.
On the same day, multiple drones also targeted the US and its allies in two different attacks on Ain al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq that left four people with minor injuries, the Washington Post reported. Those injured also returned to duty.
A US citizen working as a contractor died the same day after he went into cardiac arrest during a shelter-in-place order at the base.One of the strikes injured several soldiers at the Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert of Iraq, pictured on Dec. 29, 2019.The largest attack carried out against a US base was on Oct. 18 when 20 troops suffered “minor injuries,” after numerous one-way drones targeted al-Tanf Garrison in southeastern Syria, seen on Oct. 22, 2018.
On Oct. 19, US and coalition forces faced rocket attacks in three different locations, though the assaults didn’t lead to injuries or infrastructure damage, according to officials. The three targeted sites that day were Mission Support Site Euphrates in Syria, Ain al-Asad Air Base and the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center in Iraq, the Washington Post reported.
Other attacks were launched the ensuing three days with one-way drones striking empty areas in Bashur, Iraq and once again hitting Ain al-Asad and al-Tanf.US soldiers carry the Iraqi and US national flags during a flag retirement ceremony on Dec. 15, 2011 at Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, marking the end of the US military engagement in the country.
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