US military investigating claim of Iraq-Kuwait border blast

11/8/2020 18:18

        The U.S. military said Tuesday it was investigating a claim by a newly formed Iraqi Shiite militant group of a bombing at the Iraq-Kuwait border. Iraq and Kuwait denied an attack had taken place.
        
        Iraq later said an explosion targeted a U.S.-led coalition convoy on Tuesday in the Taji area, north of Baghdad, causing only minor damage. No one claimed responsibility for that attack.
        
        The little-known Ashab al-Kahf group claimed in an overnight statement it destroyed “equipment and vehicles belonging to the American enemy” in a bombing targeting a border crossing south of the Iraqi city of Basra.
        
        The group later published an 11-second video it claimed showed the blast, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant groups.