Iraqi Resistance says it carried out 291 attacks on ‘US bases’ in 12 days

BAGHDAD — The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said Wednesday it carried out 31 attacks over the past 24 hours targeting what it called U.S. bases in Iraq and across the region with drones and missiles, bringing its claimed total to 291 operations in 12 days since the war began.

The group claimed the attacks killed 13 American soldiers and wounded dozens more, including some in critical condition, saying further details would be released later. The claim could not be independently verified and appears inconsistent with the broader pattern of casualty figures from the conflict. Seven U.S. military deaths have been confirmed across the Middle East since fighting began Feb. 28.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is an umbrella name used by several Iran-aligned Iraqi militias when claiming attacks against U.S. forces and other targets. Factions commonly operating under the name include Kataib Hezbollah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Harakat al-Nujaba and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, all of which maintain close ties with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Those same factions have also been targeted in a series of airstrikes in recent days. Five PMF fighters were killed and more than 10 wounded Tuesday when an airstrike hit a Kataib Imam Ali position in Dibis district, Kirkuk.

On Monday night, two strikes hit the PMF’s 51st Brigade north of Baiji in Salah al-Din with no casualties. Earlier strikes in Qaim, Anbar killed four PMF members and wounded 11 — with aircraft reportedly returning to strike as fighters evacuated the wounded.

Suspected strikes have also hit Kataib Hezbollah positions in Akashat and sites in Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil, while fighter jets struck the PMF’s 30th Brigade headquarters in the Nineveh Plain, destroying weapons depots.

Neither the United States nor Israel has claimed responsibility for the strikes.