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

Iran Press TV

Monday, 28 December 2020 6:08 PM

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.

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.

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.