The assault was the primary by Iranian-backed teams towards US troops in Iraq since they halted a marketing campaign in early February.
A number of rockets have been fired from Iraq in the direction of a US army base in northeastern Syria.
The assault, launched from the city of Zummar late on Sunday, was the primary since early February to focus on US troops, when Iranian-backed teams in Iraq delivered to an finish a marketing campaign that had seen common strikes towards the US-led worldwide coalition.
The resumed hostilities got here a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a go to to the US the place he met with President Joe Biden.
A publish on a Telegram group affiliated with Kataib Hezbollah stated armed factions in Iraq had determined to renew assaults after a near-three month pause having seen little progress on talks to finish the US-led army coalition within the nation.
Nonetheless, on Monday, Kataib Hezbollah stated it had issued no assertion claiming a return to assaults on US forces. It known as the sooner announcement “fabricated information”.
An announcement from the Iraqi safety forces accused “outlaw components of getting focused a base of the worldwide coalition with rockets within the coronary heart of Syrian territory”, at about 9:50pm (18:50 GMT).
Iraqi forces launched a significant search operation in northern Nineveh province and located the automobile used within the assault, the assertion added.
‘Failed assault’
A US official, talking on the situation of anonymity, advised the Reuters information company greater than 5 rockets have been fired from Iraq in the direction of troops at a coalition base in Rmeilan, Syria, however no US personnel have been injured.
The official referred to it as a “failed rocket assault”, however it was not instantly clear if the rockets had did not hit the bottom or been destroyed earlier than they reached. It was additionally not clear if the bottom was the goal itself.
Following that, the official stated, an plane from the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria carried out a strike towards the launch web site.
Two safety sources and a senior military officer in Iraq stated a small truck with a rocket launcher mounted on the again had been parked in Zummar, a city on the border with Syria.
A military officer stated the truck was destroyed and seized for additional investigation.
“We’re speaking with the coalition forces in Iraq to share info on this assault,” the officer added.
The focusing on of US forces within the area intensified after the conflict in Gaza started on October 7.
In January, three US service members have been killed and a minimum of 34 others wounded in a drone assault in northeast Jordan close to the Syrian border.