Iraq: The US Air Force claimed on Saturday that a previously unknown Iraqi terrorist group had launched a "propaganda attack" against an airbase in Kuwait by falsely claiming it carried out a drone strike on US troops.

The Air Force's 386th Air Expeditionary Wing issued its statement hours after the group, known as al-Wartheen, or "The Inheritors", claimed it had attacked the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait on 12 August. was attacked. in a coordinated attack. The statement showed a video of a drone being launched from a stand, but it did not provide any other evidence of an attack or any damage to the base.

According to the statement, the alleged attack was intended to avenge the January 2020 US drone attack in Baghdad that claimed the life of key Iranian Revolution Guard General Qassem Soleimani.

A few dozen kilometers separate the airbase from the Iraqi border.

According to a US Air Force statement to the Associated Press, "Misinformation falsely claimed that an Iranian militia group used (drones) to carry out an attack on the base." "There was no such attack,"

Despite claiming to be an Iraqi organization, the statement implies that the US thinks al-Wartheen is an Iranian organization.
The US Air Force further stated that Kuwait and the US Air Force "continue to project air power throughout the region without disruption" and that the online claim is "only to deceive its audience into believing lies."

A small, oil-rich country bordering Iraq and Saudi Arabia and close to Iran, Kuwait is considered one of America's most important non-NATO allies. Since the United States began the Gulf War in 1991 to drive out Iraqi troops after the dictatorship of Iraq invaded the country, Saddam Hussein, Kuwait and the US have maintained a close military alliance.

About 13,500 US troops are stationed in Kuwait, which also serves as the advance headquarters for US Army Central. The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and subsequent operations against Islamic State were supported by these forces.

Kuwait did not immediately acknowledge the alleged attack. The information ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday night.

Since August 12, the Associated Press has examined satellite images from Planet Labs PBC and found no evidence of damage at the base.

In recent years, several terrorist organizations have claimed that those attacks were directed at US troops in Iraq and that analysts believe there are links to Iran. However, the Iraqi contractors who provided US forces in the nation were the targets of roadside bombings.

The claim comes as Iran and the US continue what has been referred to as the final round of talks with international powers regarding Tehran's broken nuclear deal.

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