Tehran 3 February _US forces deployed in the Ain al-Assad airbase in western Iraq are seeking to expand the facility and beef up defenses following an Iranian missile attack on the facility, according to a report.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_Iraq's al-Maalomah news agency cited an informed source on Saturday as saying that US troops have started working on "broadening the area of the base" and further developing structures accommodating US troops.
According to the report, US forces are also setting up barbed wire and "various defensive structures" along with signs warning against approaching the base.
The source added that Iraqi forces inside the airbase are unaware of the American measures because details regarding the movements are limited to the jurisdiction of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Iraq's Armed Forces.
The report comes nearly a month after the base was the target of a major Iranian missile attack in response to the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani on January 3.
The Trump administration initially claimed that little material damage had been done and no Americans had been injured in the strikes.
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