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Local media reported that a suicide drone targeted an airbase hosting US military force.

Iran Press/ West Asia: A suicide drone hit an airbase in Iraq hosting US troops on Saturday, Iraqi security sources said, the fifth such attack in four days.

The local Iraqi media reported the attack on US military forces in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Informed sources reported that an explosion was heard at the US military base near Erbil International Airport in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Earlier, the Islamic Resistance groups in Iraq had announced a drone attack on American Ain al-Assad base in the west of Iraq. 219