3 soldiers die in attack on US base in Iraq
The coffin of a US soldier killed in Iraq on Sunday being transferred from a plane at a US airbase today. – AFP pic, March 12, 2020.
TWO American soldiers and a British soldier were killed yesterday, a US official said, in the deadliest rocket attack in years on an Iraqi military base hosting foreign troops. The attack threatens a dangerous escalation, with suspected US-led coalition air strikes promptly targeting Iran-aligned Iraqi fighters in neighbouring Syria, a war monitor said. At least 18 fighters were reported killed.
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