US-led coalition to hand over strategic Ain al-Assad base to Iraqi forces
Assad's base was one of the few places the US remained, until Iran targeted the base with ballistic missiles in 2020 in response to the US killing Soleimani.
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands by a destroyed vehicle that was carrying rockets amdist sacks of flour, in the district of al-Baghdadi in al-Anbar province on July 8, 2021. (photo credit: AYMAN HENNA/AFP via Getty Images)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated:
