During the recent Israel-Gaza conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that some of the drones flying over Israel had been sent from Iraq or Syria. Iraqi pro-Iran militias, many of them present in Syria as well, continuously threaten that they can attack Israel from Iraq.
An unmanned aerial surveillance system (UAS, or small drone) struck on May 8 Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Air Base in the western part of the country where US and other coalition forces are stationed, without causing injuries.