Two Drones Shot Down Above Iraq Base Housing US Troops

Aerial photo shows Ain al-Assad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. (Photo: Archive)  

VOA/AFP: 2 Drones Shot Down Above Iraq Base Housing US Troops, Army Says 

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army said Sunday two drones were destroyed above a base housing U.S. troops, one month after the same base was targeted by an armed drone. 

The U.S. military's C-RAM defense system was activated to shoot down the drones above the Ain al-Assad base, located in Iraq's western desert, the Iraqi military said. 

Several hours earlier a rocket was shot down above Baghdad airport, "without causing casualties or damage," said Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesperson for the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq. 

The coalition was sent to Iraq to help the country's military fight the Islamic State jihadist group -- a campaign that Baghdad declared won in late 2017.  

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WNU Editor: Iranian backed militias are the main suspects behind these drones .... Iran’s Proxies in Iraq Threaten U.S. With More Sophisticated Weapons (New York Times). 

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