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US forces targeted in broadest Iraq attacks since start of Israel-Hamas war
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US forces were targeted in three attacks in Iraq on Thursday but suffered no casualties, security sources have said, in the most geographically widespread series of strikes on US assets in a single day since the Israel-Hamas conflict started.
Spokespeople for the US embassy in Baghdad and US-led international forces stationed in Iraq did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A joint patrol of US forces and the Iraqi counter-terrorism service was targeted by an explosive device near the northern city of Mosul, causing damage to a vehicle but no casualties, two security sources said.
Iran-backed militias in Iraq have publicly stated that US assets will continue to be targeted as long as the US backs Israel in its war on Gaza.
The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said in statement that Wednesday’s strikes were conducted by two F-15 fighters and were in response to the recent attacks against US forces.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday’s strike killed nine people affiliated with Iran-backed groups in Syria, a toll that could not be independently confirmed.
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