Pro-Iran militias keep up attacks on US military targets in Iraq, Syria
A previously-unheard-of group in Iraq calling itself Qassem al-Jabarayn claimed responsibility for the Ain al-Asad attack.
Thursday 06/01/2022
BAGHDAD/DAMASCUS—
Iraqi military bases hosting US troops in Iraq's western Anbar province and the capital of Baghdad were hit by Katyusha rockets Wednesday while in Syria, eight rounds of indirect fire landed inside a base with members of the US-led coalition, the Iraqi and US militaries said.
No casualties were reported in the three attacks, part of a series that began on Monday, the anniversary of a US airstrike that killed top Iranian general Qassim Soleimani in Baghdad two years ago.
According to an Iraqi officer, an Iraqi base housing US troops in the western Anbar province was hit with five Katyusha rockets on Wednesday evening; three other rockets fell outside the base's perimeter. The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said US-led coalition forces at the base were forced into shelters by the barrage.
There was no immediate comment from the coalition, which is in Iraq to help fight the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group.
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