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The US military thwarted an attack in Iraq early on Wednesday, intercepting two drones before they could strike, two US officials said after the first such attack on US forces in Iraq in more than a year. The officials declined to say who was suspected of the attack on the al-Asad air base.
Later on Wednesday another drone attack targeting the al-Harir air base, which houses US forces in the northern Iraqi city of
Erbil
, was also foiled, an Iraqi security official and a Western diplomat said. A little known group called Tashkil al-Waritheenclaimed responsibility for the attack on al-Harir. Last week, Iraqi armed groups aligned with Iran threatened to target US interests with missiles and drones if
Washington
intervened to support Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.
Also on Wednesday, the Iran-allied groups in Iraq announced that they had formed a "joint operations room" to help Hamas. Two members said the armed groups were prepared to join the battle, but that Iran had not yet given nod for them to open a new front.
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