In this file photo dated Nov 1, 2021, US soldiers patrol an area near Syria's northeastern Semalka border crossing with Iraq's Kurdish territory. (PHOTO / AFP)

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi Shi'ite militia on Tuesday claimed responsibility for launching attacks on US military bases in Iraq and Syria.

The militia, named Islamic Resistance in Iraq, claimed in an online statement that its fighters launched a bomb-laden drone Tuesday on a base housing US-led coalition forces near the Erbil Airport in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

A statement by the regional Counter-Terrorism Service confirmed the attack and said that a booby-trapped drone was shot down in the morning while trying to attack a base near the Erbil Airport.

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This AFP graphic dated Sept 27, 2018 shows the map of Iraqi Kurdistan, including Erbil (Arbil).

Also on Tuesday, the armed group claimed responsibility for launching drone and rocket attacks on four US military bases in neighboring Syria during the day.

In separate statements, the group said that its fighters carried out three drone attacks on the US bases in al-Malikiyah and Rumailan in the al-Hasakah province, as well as the US Green Village military base at the al-Omar oilfield in Deir al-Zour province, while the fourth attack was a rocket barrage on the al-Shaddadi US base in the al-Hasakah province.

The attacks by the Iraqi armed group are part of a series of retaliatory measures against the US forces amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip, according to the statements.

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The recent attacks brought the number of recorded attacks on US bases in Syria to 71 since Oct 19, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights