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Attacks target US forces on both sides of Iraqi-Syrian border

IRGC-linked armed groups are presumed to be behind attacks on bases hosting US-led coalition forces this week in both Iraq and Syria that resulted in minor injuries but no deaths.
Iran attack

BAGHDAD – Factions linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are widely thought to have been behind incidents involving missiles and armed drones 24 hours apart from each other at facilities hosting forces from the US-led international coalition on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border.

The attacks, which happened in the early morning hours of Thursday and Friday, have come as the US discusses delisting the IRGC as a terrorist organization, in response to reported demands by Iran as part of talks on its nuclear program.

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