{"id":57640,"date":"2026-04-30T02:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57640"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:10:07","slug":"c5y9wdprpyyoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/30\/c5y9wdprpyyoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC visits US and UK military base in Iraq as ceasefire continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">The BBC has been given access to a military base in Iraq where UK forces have been working together with their US counterparts during the conflict in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">The US announced an extended but fragile ceasefire on the US-Israel war in Iran &#8211; but prior to the ceasefire up to 28 drones were fired at the base on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">&#8220;You hear weapons of destruction going off around you, and it&#8217;s bloody difficult,&#8221; an RAF air specialist at the base told the BBC&#8217;s defence correspondent Jonathan Beale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">British and US forces were working side by side at this military base long before the war with Iran started \u2013 in the fight against the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">Sharp differences over the war Iran have certainly strained transatlantic relations. But on this base the two are still joined at the hip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">Armed Forces Minister Al Carns said the close co-operation between the two militaries was a &#8220;message that needed to be elevated&#8221;. Since the conflict began &#8220;We&#8217;ve helped move Americans out of harms way; we&#8217;ve helped protect them and they&#8217;ve helped protect us,&#8221; Carns said &#8211; though he stressed that British forces were in a &#8220;defensive posture&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">Air Chief Marshal, Sir Harvey Smyth, said he&#8217;d met with the US commander of the base who&#8217;d been &#8220;effusive in praise&#8221; of UK forces. &#8220;I think our relationship is as strong as ever, and this operation has brought us even closer&#8221;, he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1a18e57c-0 diouKf\">But that certainly hasn&#8217;t been reflected in the language between Washington and Westminster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#BBC #visits #military #base #Iraq #ceasefire #continues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has been given access to a military base in Iraq where UK forces have been working together with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57642,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57640\/revisions\/57642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}