Drone strike hit “Harir” airbase housing US forces in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (YPA) – The “Harir” airbase housing US occupation forces in the Kurdistan region, northern Iraq, came under a new attack by a drone, hours after a US attack on two facilities south of Baghdad, media sources reported on Wednesday.

According to the sources, violent explosions rocked the American “Harir”  airbase in Erbil. No injuries or damage have been reported.

This is the third attack in 6 days, as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced on November 17 and 19, targeting of “Harir” base with a drone, as part of “responding to the crimes committed by Israel against the people of Gaza.”

In response to the US strikes, The Iraqi government said it “vehemently condemns” the US airstrikes on Jurf al-Nasr on Wednesday as a “blatant violation of sovereignty” as the strikes took place without government knowledge.

“We vehemently condemn the attack on Jurf al-Nasr, executed without the knowledge of Iraqi government agencies. This action is a blatant violation of sovereignty and an attempt to destabilize the security situation,” Basem al-Awadi, spokesperson for the Iraqi government, said in a statement.

The statement came hours after US warplanes launched airstrikes on Jurf al-Nasr (formerly Jurf al-Sakhar) in northern Babil province, around 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad.

E.M