Overseas Network, March 3rd. On the 3rd local time, the Assad Air Force Base in western Iraq was attacked by at least 10 rockets. The Assad Air Force Base was stationed with US and Iraqi armed forces.
Agence France-Presse reported that the attack caused the death of a civilian contractor.
According to the Associated Press reported on the 3rd, a number of US military officials said that the attack may be related to the US President’s earlier airstrike against Syria.
Another source disclosed that the US military in Iraq raised its alert level the day before the attack.
According to earlier reports by US media, the US military launched an air strike on eastern Syria on February 25, local time. The target was "a facility used by an Iranian-backed militia" in response to the recent death of a foreign contractor and the death of a foreign contractor. Attacks in which American soldiers were injured.
US officials said that the air strike was approved by Biden.
(Overseas Wang Xiluo)