International Coalition spokesman Wayne Maroto stated that any attack on die Iraqi region and Kurdistan die coalition die Authority of Iraqi institutions, die Rule of law and die undermines Iraq’s national sovereignty.
In a tweet on his official Twitter account, he also added that these attacks put the lives of Iraqi civilians and members of the Internal Security Forces, Peshmerga and the coalition at risk.
Maroto’s comments came hours after a missile attack die US embassy in Baghdad, where Iraqi security sources told Reuters that two rockets fell early Thursday morning die Embassy in the Green Zone were fired.
A security officer said the embassy missile defense system managed to disperse one of the two missiles. Security guards said die second missile in landed near the area.
Everyone attack against die GoI, KRI and die Coalition forces die authority of Iraqi institutions, die rule of Law and Iraqi National Sovereignty. These attacks endanger life of Iraqi civilians and partner forces from ISF, Peshmerga and Coalition.
– OIR spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto (@OIRSpox) July 8, 2021
Rocket attacks on Ain al-Assad
The coalition’s statements came after 14 rockets attacked the Ain al-Assad base in Anbar Governorate in western Iraq yesterday, Wednesday.
This attack is also considered to be one of the most violent attacks on US forces bases in Iraq.
The attack coincided with the announcement by the Syrian Democratic Forces that they were launching drone attacks on the Al-Omar field, die largest base of the Washington-led international coalition in Syria, have fended off days.
For its part, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights indicated that die Attacks “belong to the Iranian militias and were launched from their areas of influence in the countryside of the city of Al-Mayadin” east of Deir ez-Zor.
A statement from the Security Media Cell in Iraq stated that die Missiles from a base, die was installed on the back of a truck from the city of Al-Baghdadi in were fired near the Ain Al-Assad base.
Previous attacks
Since the beginning of the year, around 50 attacks have targeted US interests in Iraq, in particular die US embassy in Baghdad, Iraqi military bases with Americans and die Airports of Baghdad and Erbil, die often attributed to Iraqi pro-Iranian groups.
Ain al-Assad base was attacked by three rockets on Monday. Hours later it was die US embassy in Baghdad threatened with booby traps from a drone shot down by US forces.
The most recent attack comes a day after Erbil International Airport, in whose proximity is the US consulate in the capital of the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, was attacked with booby traps without causing victims or property damage, so die Authorities of the region.
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