US launch airstrikes on Iran-backed terrorists in Iraq HOURS after joint-attack with Britain on Houthi targets in Yemen

THE US launched a fresh wave of airstrikes at Iran-based terrorists in Iraq following a brutal attack on American military over the weekend.

It comes just hours after the US and UK unleashed a second blitz in Yemen targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Monday night.

It comes after rockets were fired at a US airbase in Ain al-Asad in Iraq on SaturdayPA

And ballistic missiles fired at a US airbase on Saturday left four American military personnel with traumatic brain injuries.

The ambush on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq left Iraqi and American officials seriously injured.

US Central Command said in a statement posted to X: “Most of the missiles were intercepted by the base’s air defence systems while others impacted on the base.

“A number of U.S. personnel are undergoing evaluation for traumatic brain injuries.”

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