{"id":226910,"date":"2026-07-29T00:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/226910\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T00:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:55:32","slug":"us-drone-shot-down-in-western-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/226910\/","title":{"rendered":"US drone shot down in western Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 An unknown drone, first claimed by Iranian official media IRIB as a US surveillance one, crashed within a residential complex near the Haditha Dam in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraqi police and security agencies later indicated that the drone\u2019s origin remains unknown, according to Al-Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debris was discovered blazing in a residential compound near the Haditha Dam in Anbar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local police stated that there were no recorded injuries or civilian deaths as a result of the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian state media swiftly released images of the smoking debris, claiming it was a US drone shot down amid broader regional activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident took place during a night of broad military conflict in Iraq, which included many drone attacks and defensive responses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least four Iranian drones attacked targets northeast of the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil, sparking a huge defensive reaction, including over ten US jets and drones sent to inspect the skies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air defense systems were activated at Anbar\u2019s Ain al-Asad Air Base in response to a drone strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explosions, alleged suicide drones, and radar interruptions were also reported at Camp Taji, Balad Air Base, and Imam Ali Base in southern Iraq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US military has not publicly verified the loss of any aircraft in Anbar. Investigations into the model and operator of the crashed drone are still underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 An unknown drone, first claimed by Iranian official media IRIB as a US surveillance one,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[15369,64674,18873,64675,711,1798,1111,64676,64677,94,2837,64678,343],"class_list":["post-226910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-anbar","tag-ain-al-asad-air-base","tag-balad-air-base","tag-camp-taji","tag-drone","tag-drone-strike","tag-erbil","tag-haditha-dam","tag-imam-ali-base","tag-iraq","tag-iraqi-kurdistan","tag-suicide-drones","tag-us-military"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117000544144600289","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}