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An Iraqi Shia faction has said it carried out a drone attack on a US military base at Baghdad International Airport.
Saraya Awliya’a al-Dam, which operates under the umbrella of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, announced early on Monday that it had launched a swarm of drones targeting the Victoria military base at the airport.
In a statement issued before dawn, the group said: “In fulfilment of our religious duty and in retaliation for the leader Ali Khamenei, and in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran, our fighters carried out an attack today, using a fleet of drones targeting the Victoria military base at Baghdad Airport.”
On Sunday night, Saraya Awliya al-Dam also claimed responsibility for shelling US positions in the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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