Two armed drones were shot down in Iraq as they approached a military compound hosting U.S. personnel near Baghdad’s international airport, a U.S.-led coalition official said on Jan. 3. “Two fixed-wing suicide drones, or improvised cruise missiles, attempted to attack Baghdad Airport this morning at approximately 4:30 a.m. [0130 GMT],” the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told news agency AFP. The official noted that there were no reports of damage or injuries in the attack, which was also confirmed by an Iraqi security official. The Iraqi official said the drones were headed toward a U.S. base in the Iraqi capital housing U.S. advisers. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack that comes on the anniversary of the 2020 U.S. operation that killed the Iranian regime’s top military officer, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, was responsible for killing a slew …
2 Armed Drones Shot Down Near Iraqi Base Hosting US Forces: Coalition
January 3, 2022
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