covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflicts. A funeral ceremony held for the people killed in a US airstrike on the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 31, 2024. Murtadha al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images On Monday, an attack on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq wounded at least five American military servicemembers and two contractors. The attack could be an isolated incident, but there are signs that it may be part of...

This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. Two rockets hit the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Monday, injuring seven U.S. personnel, including five servicemen and two contractors. Five of the injured are being treated on-site at the air base and the other two were evacuated for treatment elsewhere. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the attack is a “dangerous escalation” on the part of militant groups aligned with Iran, CNN reported....

U.S. defense officials said Monday that at least five American military personnel were wounded in a missile attack on a military base in Iraq, stating that the casualty count was still subject to change. “Base personnel are conducting a post-attack damage assessment,” an official told Reuters. Iraqi sources claim that two rockets hit the al Asad airbase in Western Iraq. The attack comes after American forces conducted a strike against Iraqi militants last week. The strike purportedly killed four members of the Popular Mobilization Forces group, though some reports indicate...

A previously unknown Islamic resistance group in Iraq calling itself Al-Thawriun said Tuesday it was responsible for a drone and rocket attack on a base in western Iraq on Monday that injured seven U.S. troops and personnel, at a time of soaring regional tensions. The group released a statement following the strike on the Al-Asad Air Base where U.S. and other coalition forces are located. The attack occurred as the U.S. and its allies labored to prevent the 10-month war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestinian Hamas fighters...

Five U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors were injured Monday afternoon when two rockets struck Ain al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, a U.S. defense official told Fox News on Tuesday.Five of the injured personnel were being treated at Ain al-Asad Airbase, while two others have been evacuated for further care, the defense official said, adding that all seven of the injured U.S. personnel were in stable condition."Post-strike assessments are still ongoing," the official said.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin described a Monday attack by an Iran-aligned militia on U.S. forces stationed at Al-Asad Airbase in western Iraq, according to a statement by the Defense Department. In a call with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, Austin gave an update on measures to strengthen U.S. military power in the region in light of the escalating conflict. He said the attack demonstrated Iran's destabilizing role in the region but did not say which of Iran’s three prominent militias was behind the attack. News services reported...

After a stock market nosedive and the presidential election dominated American attention on Monday, the Biden-Harris administration received a brutal reminder that the nation’s enemies globally haven’t taken a break. Multiple members of the American military and contractors were wounded in a rocket attack on a base in western Iraq, according to news reports. And a radical Islamic group — backed by Iran — has claimed responsibility. The New York Times cited “initial reports” to state five were injured, but did not have details on the extent of those injuries....

At least five U.S. personnel were wounded in an attack on a military base in Iraq on Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Middle East braces for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its proxies following last week's killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

(NewsNation) — A suspected rocket attack has struck Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq, where U.S. and coalition forces are stationed. The incident has resulted in injuries to several U.S. personnel, a Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed to NewsNation Monday. “Initial indications are that several U.S. personnel were injured,” the spokesperson said. The full extent of the injuries and the exact number of affected personnel remain unclear at this time. Military officials at the base are conducting a damage assessment following the attack to determine the scope of the incident...

At least five US soldiers were reportedly wounded in a suspected rocket attack at a military base in Iraq amid growing fears of a war in the Middle East. Two Katyusha rockets were fired at the al-Asad airbase in western Iraq, two Iraqi security sources said. One Iraqi security source said the rockets fell inside the base. The attack follows the killings last week of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’s top political leader in Iran in suspected Israeli strikes. Both groups are backed by Iran. It was...