An armed group affiliated with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement issued a statement on March 1st, claiming that "in support of Iran's resistance against US and Israeli aggression and to defend Iraq's national sovereignty," it launched a drone attack that day on a US military base in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The group also issued a statement on February 28th, claiming that it had launched dozens of drones that day to carry out 16 attacks on US military bases in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. (Xinhua)