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Iraq Fires 5 Rockets At US Military Base In Syria

On Sunday, two Iraqi security officials said that at least five rockets were launched from the town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria.

The strike on US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed militants in Iraq ceased attacks against US troops.

The bombing occurred one day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the United States and met with President Joe Biden at the White House.

A senior army officer stated that a rocket launcher mounted on the back of a small truck had been parked in Zummar border town with Syria.

The military official went on to say that the truck caught fire due to an explosion from unfired rockets, while warplanes were flying overhead.

“We can’t confirm that the truck was bombed by US warplanes unless we investigate it”, the official continued.

According to the official, Iraqi security forces were mobilized in the area and initiated a hunt for the perpetrators who escaped the area using another vehicle.

In a statement, the Iraqi Security Medica Cell, an official agency responsible for disseminating security information, stated, “Iraqi forces had launched a wide-ranging search and inspection operation targeting the perpetrators near the Syrian border, pledging to bring them to justice”.

An army officer stated that the truck was taken for further investigation and preliminary findings indicate that it was destroyed by an air strike.

“We are communicating with the coalition forces in Iraq to share information on this attack”, the officer noted.

The attacks came one day after a massive blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security unit backed by Iran.

The force commander stated that it was an attack, but the army said it was investigating.

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