Английская Википедия:2023 attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria

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On 18 October 2023, American military bases in northern Iraq and eastern Syria were struck by three drones. Pentagon officials stated that there were few casualties. On 26 October, the United States Department of Defense said it had conducted attacks on two facilities in eastern Syria linked to IRGC-backed militias in retaliation for the strikes. On 8 November, the US officially reported that Iranian-affiliated militias had carried out more than 40 successful drone and rocket strikes targeting US airbases in Iraq and Syria carried out within three weeks. In addition, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down in international airspace near Yemen by the Houthis.

Attacks

Al-Asad air base

On 18 October 2023, amid the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Iraqi militants launched a drone strike on al-Asad Airbase, a United States base in northern Iraq. The airstrike was intercepted. The next day, a false alarm in the airbase caused the death of a civilian contractor from cardiac arrest. On 20 October, the US ordered all non-emergency staff to leave their embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Erbil. On 20 November, eight US and coalition soldiers were injured from a ballistic missile attack, and there was minor infrastructural damage after the air base was attacked by a ballistic missile.

Al-Tanf garrison

On 18 October 2023, a drone strike by an Iranian proxy on the al-Tanf garrison resulted in over 20 injuries. On 1 November, a minor drone strike was reported at the al-Tanf garrison.

Other strikes

On 24 October 2023, Iraqi militias claimed responsibility for multiple drone strikes on US bases in eastern Syria, notably al-Omar oil field in Deir ez-Zor Governorate and al-Shaddadi in the Al-Hasakah Governorate. On 9 November, US forces were struck three separate times in 24 hours, including drone strikes in Al-Asad Airbase and Al-Harir Air Base, as well as an IED attack on a patrol near the Mosul Dam. On November 21 a US AC-130-gunship struck a Kata'ib Hezbollah vehicle near Abu Gharib, Iraq in response to the Islamic Resistance In Iraq's November 20 attack on Ain al Assad Airbase.

Yemen

Шаблон:Main On 19 October 2023, the Шаблон:USS shot down three missile fired towards Israel from Yemen in the Red Sea. The missiles were determined to have been launched by the Iran-backed Houthi movement. It was subsequently reported that Carney actually encountered a larger and more sustained barrage than was previously known on that day, shooting down four cruise missiles and 15 drones over a period of nine hours. Saudi Arabia also shot down a missile that is also fired towards Israel from Yemen.

On 8 November, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down in international airspace near Yemen by the Houthis.

U.S. response

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U.S. retaliatory airstrike in north Abu Kamal, Syria, 12 November 2023. According to the U.S., the target was an IRGC training facility.

On 27 October, the United States military responded to the airstrikes by bombing weapons and ammunition storage facilities in Abu Kamal, Syria with F-16 fighter jets. They further stated that a total of 16 military airstrikes were conducted by Iran-backed groups; 12 in Iraq and 4 in Syria.

On 8 November, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that they had carried out attacks against the IRGC and IRGC-linked targets in Deir ez-Zor. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 9 workers in the facilities were killed in the strikes.

On 12 November, the Department of Defense and Central command announced additional U.S. airstrikes targeting IRGC affiliated groups in response to continued airstrikes against U.S. forces in the region. The attacks targeted a safe house and training area used by militias in Mayadin and Abu Kamal and resulted in the killing of 8 militiamen.

On 21 November, a USAF AC-130 gunship retaliated against a group of Iran-backed militiamen in Iraq who had launched a missile attack on U.S. forces at Al-Asad airbase. According to U.S. assessments, several Iran-backed fighters were killed in the strike. The following day, U.S. fighters jets conducted airstrikes on Iraqi Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities, killing over eight fighters.

On 4 December, a U.S. airstrike near Kirkuk killed five Iraqi militants as they attempted to fire explosive projectiles at U.S. forces. They were identified as members of an Iran-backed militia. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed that the five people killed were its members, and vowed retaliation against the U.S.

See also

• List of wars involving the United States
• United States support for Israel in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war