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Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–2024) and spillover of the Israel–Hamas war. Date. 2–7 February 2024. (5 days) Location. Iraq and Syria. Result. United States victory. US conducts 125 airstrikes targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied militias.
Rotary-wing aircraft 2010. 28 July – An Iraqi military Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in a sandstorm. All five crew-members are killed. 17 April – A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, 95–26648, belonging to the 3-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade crashes on infill about 12 miles (19 km) north of Tikrit while executing an 8 ship air assault at night. 1 U.S. service ...
12/30. 11,495. 3,504. Concrete. Balad Air Base ( Arabic: قاعدة بلد الجوية) ( ICAO: ORBD ), is an Iraqi Air Force base located near Balad in the Sunni Triangle 40 miles (64 km) north of Baghdad, Iraq . Built in the early 1980s, it was originally named Al-Bakr Air Base. In 2003 the base was captured by the United States Armed Forces ...
US and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria came under attack four separate times on Thanksgiving Day, according to a US official. On Thursday morning, multiple one-way attack drones were launched ...
As of Thursday, US and coalition forces had come under attack more than 143 times in Iraq and Syria since October 7; Saturday’s incident appears to be the second time ballistic missiles have ...
U.S. targets in Iraq and Syria have been attacked at least 24 times since Oct. 17, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday. The attacks have been conducted primarily with rockets and drones ...
The Turkish Armed Forces has launched a series of operations in Northern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). [8] More than 37,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 1984. [9] The operations resulted in a permanent Turkish presence in northern Iraq since 2018. [10] The Iraqi government at one time viewed these operations ...
The U.S. military's air strikes on Monday in Iraq aimed to deter Iran and Iran-backed militia groups from conducting or supporting attacks on United States personnel and facilities, President Joe ...