Coalition forces stationed in Iraq shot down two explosive-laden drones on January 3rd. According to an Iraqi security official, the drones had targeted a base at the Baghdad airport that hosts U.S. military advisers. A coalition official described the drones as fixed-wing, "suicide drones." The drones were decorated with the messages "Soleimani’s revenge" and "revenge operations for our leaders" and were launched on the two-year anniversary of a U.S. drone strike that killed IRGC Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani and a senior Iraqi militia leader at the Baghdad airport.