Military transport aircraft carrying soldiers arrive in western Iraq
Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq. Photo: AFP
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – A security source in Anbar governorate in western Iraq mentioned that planes carrying soldiers, advisors and civilians arrived on Monday at Ain Al-Assad air base without knowing their numbers, Al-Maalomah News reported.
The source told Al-Maalomah News that planes carrying people and equipment without knowing their numbers or identities arrived at Ain Al-Assad air base in western Anbar.
The source expected that these planes would carry American soldiers, advisors, experts and military equipment on board.
“Ain Al-Assad base witnessed an unusual movement of military transport aircraft that landed inside the air base with the US warplanes overflying the base to secure the arrival of these planes,” the source explained.
The US forces have tightened security protection measures at all their sites in the western regions of Iraq for precautionary reasons, the source added.
US forces in Iraq have been repeatedly targeted by missiles and booby-trapped drones.
Usually these attacks are not claimed by known parties, but the United States often accuses pro-Iran Iraqi factions.
The Iraqi authorities announced in December 2021 that foreign military forces no longer exist in the country, and the mission of the remaining forces from the international coalition is only advisory and related to training.