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Iraq
Secret airfield in Iraq
2026-05-11
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Text taken from the Telegram page of ansarullaru

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.

Pardon my ignorance, but the "secret airfield" for use by the Israelis was announced some days also: no secret at all.

We still don’t know exactly where it was and what was done there…
[ColonelCassad] Satellite images of a desert area in southern Iraq have been released, showing the creation of a dirt runway during the aggression against Iran, despite the fact that it did not exist before the aggression. According to The Wall Street Journal, special forces and rescue teams were stationed in the area to intervene in the event of Zionist and American aircraft going down over Iran or Iraq. An Iraqi shepherd reported suspicious activity, prompting Iraqi forces to move in for reconnaissance; Zionist aircraft struck the deployed Iraqi unit, killing an Iraqi soldier.
There is a price to be paid for allowing Iranian agents to wage war against Israel from your soil, guys. Next time fix the problem so Israel doesn’t have to.
Two days earlier, an E-11A aircraft was observed circling the same area for three consecutive days (31.6673207, 42.4396675). This aircraft's unique feature is that it acts as a communications hub between air, sea, and ground forces, which is why it's called "the Wi-Fi of the sky."

It's likely that this same airfield could have been used to prepare for the failed operation near Isfahan. Regarding the question of where they could have flown from... This also demonstrates how weak Iraq's control over its own territory is under the presence of US and NATO occupation forces, who have yet to fully withdraw from the country.

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The open-source intelligence people have already identified the dry lake bed, 40 miles from the nearest road, deep in the Iraqi desert, that the Israeli Air Force used as a forward operating base


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Israel has created a secret base to attack Iran, according to media reports.
Israeli authorities have established a secret military base for special forces in the Iraqi desert to conduct airstrikes against Iran. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported this on May 9.

According to the publication's source, the base, created for search and rescue teams and special forces, was almost discovered at the very beginning of the conflict in March.

"Israel has established a secret military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and has carried out airstrikes against Iraqi forces," the report says.

The base also serves as a logistics hub for the country's air force. Sources claim this outpost was established shortly before the outbreak of military action against Iran.

Search and rescue teams are also stationed at the base. Their mission is to locate Israeli pilots who eject from downed aircraft. According to one unnamed source, the facility is also home to Israeli Air Force special forces trained to conduct sabotage operations in enemy territory.

The United States, along with Israel, launched a military campaign against Iran on February 28. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Islamic Republic's military potential has been destroyed, and on April 7, he agreed to negotiations based on the Islamic Republic's terms and declared a ceasefire. On April 11, US and Iranian delegations held talks in Pakistan but were unable to reach an agreement due to disagreement over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. On April 25, Trump announced that the Iranians had submitted a new, better proposal.

On May 3, Trump asserted the United States' refusal to accept Iran's three-stage plan to end the military conflict. He called the Islamic Republic's proposal "unacceptable."

On May 8, the American leader claimed that Iran could soon convey its response to US peace proposals.

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