BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (NNN-NINA) – Dozens of U.S. military trucks arrived at a U.S. military base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, from neighbouring Jordan, a security source said, on Friday.
A convoy of more than 100 military trucks, carrying equipment, weapons and vehicles, arrived at Ayn al-Asad air base, near the town of al-Baghdadi, some 190 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a police officer from Anbar provincial police said.
“These trucks came from Jordan, through Trebil border crossing, where the Iraqi forces escorted the U.S. trucks until they reached Ayn al-Asad air base,” the source said.
Meanwhile, a local official in Anbar province told reporters that, “more than 100 trucks, carrying various vehicles, armoured vehicles and weapons have already reached the base of Ayn al-Asad.
Ayn al-Asad, previously named al-Qadisiyah, is the second largest air base in Iraq, situated near al-Baghdadi town, some 110 km west of the provincial capital, Ramadi, and it has the largest number of U.S. troops in Iraq, along with others from the coalition.
The troops are part of an anti-Daesh global coalition, which has been fighting and conducting airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria.– NNN-NINA