U.S. forces in Iraq conducted a defensive airstrike targeting combatants attempting to launch one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems on Tuesday, U.S. military official said.
U.S. forces in Iraq conducted a defensive airstrike in the Musayib in Babil Province on Tuesday evening, a U.S. military official confirmed to Fox News. The strike was carried out at 5 p.m. ET and targeted combatants attempting to launch one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems or OWAUAS, the official said. 'Based on recent attacks in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Central Command assessed that the OWAUAS posed a threat to U.S. and Coalition Forces,' the official told Fox News.
There were no reported injuries, and none of the rockets landed inside the base in the July 25 attack, a U.S. defense official told Fox News. Iran-backed factions in Iraq have targeted U.S. troops at bases in the country dozens of times since the start of the Israel-Gaza War in October with a slowdown since February. Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
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