At least five rockets were fired from the Iraqi city of Jumma toward a US military base in northeastern Syria. On Sunday (April 21), two Iraqi security sources and a US official said the attack was carried out on a coalition base in Rumalin, Syria. British news agency Reuters reported this news.
But it is not clear whether the rockets failed to hit the base or were destroyed before impact. It is not clear whether the rockets were fired at the base. However, he claimed that no US personnel were injured in the attack.
Two security sources and a senior Iraqi military official said a small truck with a rocket launcher on the back was parked in the Syrian border town of Jummar.
The wrecked truck has been impounded for further investigation, an army official said. Initial investigations showed it was destroyed in an airstrike.
It was the first attack against U.S. forces since Iran-backed groups halted attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq in February.
The attack came a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the United States. Al Sudani met with President Joe Biden at the White House.
Earlier, the armed groups had suspended attacks for nearly three months as they saw progress in talks to end the US-led military coalition in Iraq. But with no further results from those talks, a group affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah claimed in a Telegram group post that they have resumed attacks.
The attack came after an explosion at a military base in Iraq killed a member of the Iraqi security forces, backed by armed groups in Iran, in the early hours of Saturday.
