Fire Engulfs US Military Base in North of Iraq

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Fire Engulfs US Military Base in North of Iraq

 

 BasNews  20/08/2019 - 00:41  Published in Iraq

 

 

ERBIL - A fire has engulfed a US military base in north of Iraq, a source was quoted as saying on Monday.

The source told al-Maalomah news agency that the incident took place in the disputed Kurdish district of Makhmour, in northern Iraq, where smoke was rising from the military base.

The cause of the fire has not been known yet, the source said.

After the rise of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, the US military base was established to provide military training and advice to the Iraqi and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga forces who were fighting the jihadist group.http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/540465

 

Huge fire breaks out at US military base in northern Iraq

 

Aug 19, 2019, 11:55 pm

 

 

 

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Erbil (IraqiNews.com) – A huge fire erupted Monday at a US military base in the Makhmour area in northern Iraq, a well-informed source said.

Speaking to Iraqi news website Almaalomah, the source said that smoke plumes were spotted rising from the military base in Makhmour.

According to the source, the cause of the fire is yet to be established.

The military base in Makhmour was built by the US to provide support for Iraqi troops and Peshmerga fighters in their fight against the Islamic State terrorist group in Kirkuk.https://www.iraqinews.com/features/huge-fire-breaks-out-at-us-military-base-in-northern-iraq/