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Forces at Iraqi Base Hosting US Troops Shoot Down Drone

Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base. AP file photo
Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base. AP file photo
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Forces at Iraqi Base Hosting US Troops Shoot Down Drone

Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base. AP file photo
Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base. AP file photo

Forces at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US troops, intercepted and shot down a drone while it was hovering near the base early on Friday, US-led coalition and Iraqi security sources said.

The forces, using US air defense systems, shot down an armed unmanned aerial system entering the base at around 1:46 a.m. (2246 GMT), the Combined Joint Task Force, Operation Inherent Resolve, said on Twitter.

The incident, which is under investigation, caused no injuries or damage, the force said.

Iraqi officials were not immediately available for comment.

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EU Has Reached Agreement to Improve Aid Access for Gaza, Kallas Says

Displaced Palestinians fetch water at a distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Displaced Palestinians fetch water at a distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
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EU Has Reached Agreement to Improve Aid Access for Gaza, Kallas Says

Displaced Palestinians fetch water at a distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Displaced Palestinians fetch water at a distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

The European Union has reached an agreement with Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza strip, including increasing trucks for aid and opening crossing points and certain aid routes, the EU's top diplomat said on Thursday.

"These measures are or will be implemented in the coming days, with the common understanding that aid at scale must be delivered directly to the population and that measures will continue to be taken to ensure that there is no aid diversion to Hamas," Kaja Kallas said in a statement.