<p>Anbar, Iraq: Two armed drones targeted Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase, which hosts US forces and other international forces in western Iraq, a security source and a government source told <em>Reuters</em> on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The attack in the early hours of Tuesday, did not cause casualties or damage, the sources said.</p>.Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls for closure of US embassy in Iraq.<p>There has been an increase in attacks on US forces since the conflict in Israel broke out on Oct 7 and Iraqi armed groups aligned with Iran threatened to target US interests with missiles and drones if Washington intervened to support Israel against Hamas in Gaza.</p>.<p>A group called the "Islamic resistance in Iraq" has endorsed Tuesday's attack.</p>.<p>On Monday, four Katyusha rockets were fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base but it was not clear if the attacks caused damage or casualties.</p>
<p>Anbar, Iraq: Two armed drones targeted Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase, which hosts US forces and other international forces in western Iraq, a security source and a government source told <em>Reuters</em> on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The attack in the early hours of Tuesday, did not cause casualties or damage, the sources said.</p>.Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls for closure of US embassy in Iraq.<p>There has been an increase in attacks on US forces since the conflict in Israel broke out on Oct 7 and Iraqi armed groups aligned with Iran threatened to target US interests with missiles and drones if Washington intervened to support Israel against Hamas in Gaza.</p>.<p>A group called the "Islamic resistance in Iraq" has endorsed Tuesday's attack.</p>.<p>On Monday, four Katyusha rockets were fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base but it was not clear if the attacks caused damage or casualties.</p>