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UK troops at Iraq base shot down Iranian drones, John Healey says

British air-defence shot down two Iranian drones during a swarm attack on a coalition base in Erbil, causing minor injuries to some US troops, Defence Secretary John Healey said.

  • 1- British Armed Forces shot down two Iranian drones overnight near bases in Iraq, according to Defence Secretary John Healey. 2- Some drones struck a coalition base in Erbil, injuring several United States Armed Forces troops, though there were no British casualties. 3- Guy Foden said bases in Erbil and Baghdad were hit multiple times as tensions rose after the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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Drones on a base in Iraq, fortunately without death. There are 2,500 soldiers in the Middle East, who risk becoming the target of Iran. The longer we stay, the more they pull us into the war. What if we bring home, immediately, all the 2,500 Italian military currently scattered between Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Lebanon, and Jordan? The question, at least that, is imposed after the attack of the other night at our base in Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan (wh…

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Antiwar.com broke the news in on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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