Informed sources revealed today, Friday, that "Ein al-Asad" in Anbar province has turned into a ghost base, in anticipation of being targeted by Iraqi factions, noting that American drones are flying over it around the clock. The sources, in a statement to "Baghdad Today," indicated that "the monitoring of the combat situation at Ein al-Asad base in western Iraq, which houses the most significant part of U.S. forces, shows a continuous escalation, especially as drone activity over the base and its approach areas has notably increased in the past 24 hours, and they are rarely absent from the skies and can be heard due to their sounds."
They added that "activity at the Ein al-Asad base is almost nonexistent, resembling a ghost town under strict preventive measures regarding movements, in anticipation of any emergency," pointing out that "the skies over the base are almost closed, and air defense systems are at their highest state of alert." This development follows an incident in which U.S. drones targeted Popular Mobilization Forces in Jurf al-Sakhar, north of Babel, days ago, resulting in the death of four members and injuries to others, while the U.S. and Israel are preparing for Iranian retaliatory strikes supported by resistance factions in Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria.
