On March 3, the American Embassy in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was hit by a drone, not fired from Iran, butfired from Iraq.
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Previously, Iraqi militias aligned with Iran had claimed 16 operations using military drones aimed at hitting enemy targets both inside Iraq and beyond.
These Iraqi militias follow hardline positions against American allies in the Middle East.
The Iraqi militias are standing with their ally Iran, after the unprovoked February 28 attack by the US and Israel on Iran that resulted in the killing of Iran’sSupreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in addition to several other top Iranian officials.
On February 3, multiple armed drones were aimed at theUS ConsulateGeneral and the US-led coalition base at Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq. US-operated air defense systems intercepted them with resulting loud explosions heard in the area.
There were no reported casualties among the US-coalition troops stationed there.
Erbil has faced almost constant drone and missile threats from the Iraqi Shiite militias since the beginning of the war.
Prior to the war, the militias had been in discussions to disarm; however, they said they would surrender their weapons only once Iraq achieves full sovereignty, including the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq.
Source: Global Research
