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The 5 August 2024 al-Asad Airbase attack occurred when Iranian-backed Shia Iraqi militias launched two Katyusha rockets at an airbase housing US military personnel, injuring several soldiers.

Following Israel's assassinations of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut on 30 July and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on 31 July, Iran vowed harsh retaliation against Israel with the help of its regional proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen. On the same day as Haniyeh's assassination, the United States responded to continued Iraqi militant attacks on its bases in Iraq with an airstrike on a Kata'ib Hezbollah barracks in Musayib, south of Baghdad. The United States responded to Iran's provocations by deploying additional military assets to the Middle East while attempting to apply diplomatic pressure on Iran to dissuade Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from a dangerous escalation; the US threatened to assist Israel in a retaliatory attack if Iran's attack surpassed a certain degree of intensity. However, Iranian officials refused to meet with American diplomats, and, by 5 August, Iranian foreign minister Ali Bagheri notified Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto that Iran intended to attack Israel.

That same day, Iran's Islamic Resistance in Iraq proxies in Iraq launched two Katyusha missiles at the al-Asad airbase. Both missiles landed in the American base, injuring 5 soldiers and 2 contractors. On 6 August, the Iranian-backed Al-Thawriyyun militia claimed responsibility for the attack.

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