The rocket attack on a small U.S.-led coalition outpost in northeastern Syria is the first one in the region since early February.
For the first time in more than a month, Iraqi militants fired rockets at U.S. forces in the Middle East. Five rockets were launched from inside Iraq at a U.S. base inside northeastern Syria, Iraqi security forces announced Sunday night.
The attack took place at roughly 9:50 p.m. local time, with the rockets fired from the town of Zummar, northwest from Mosul and relatively close to the Syrian border. In a statement Iraqi security forces said that “outlaw elements of having targeted a base of the international coalition with rockets in the heart of Syrian territory.”
No American personnel were injured in the attack, a defense official told Task & Purpose.
“Today, a coalition fighter destroyed a launcher in self-defense after reports of a failed rocket attack near the Coalition base at Rumalyn, Syria,” the official said.
