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Roadside bomb targets US-led coalition convoy in southern Iraq; no casualties reported

Monday, 28 December 2020 6:08 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 28 December 2020 6:32 PM ]

In this file picture, a convoy of US vehicles is seen after withdrawing from Syria, on the outskirts of Dohuk, Iraq, on October 21, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

A roadside bomb explosion has struck a convoy of trucks belonging to the US-led coalition in Iraq’s southern province of al-Qadisiyah.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network that the blast took place on Monday afternoon when the convoy was moving near the provincial capital city of al-Diwaniyah, without causing casualties.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

This is the latest attack within recent days against convoys contracted with the US-led coalition in Iraq.

Bomb attack targets US-coalition's supply convoy in central Iraq

The attack was carried out on the Babil international road on Sunday morning.

On Sunday, a roadside bomb went off near a vehicle belonging to a convoy carrying logistics for US-led forces in Iraq’s central province of Babil, but the blast did not cause any casualties or damage.

The development took place only two days after a truck driver was wounded when a bomb exploded near a convoy of trucks carrying equipment belonging to the US-led coalition forces near the city of Diwaniyah.

A brief statement from the Security Media Cell, affiliated with the country’s security forces, said the blast struck near a vehicle belonging to an Iraqi company contracted with the coalition troops.

Roadside bombs target two US military convoys in Iraq

Two US military and logistics convoys have been targeted by roadside bombs in Iraq, the latest in a series of explosions that hit US occupation forces amid anti-American sentiment in the country.

The attacks come amid rising anti-US sentiment in the Arab country, which were intensified following last year's assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Units, along with their companions in a US terror drone strike authorized by President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport.

Two days after the attack, Iraqi lawmakers approved a bill on January 5 that requires the government to end the presence of all foreign military forces led by the United States from the country.

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