Air attacks on US targets ramped up in Iraq, Syria
China Daily Global |
Updated: 2021-07-09 10:09
BAGHDAD/AMMAN-US diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria have been targeted in rocket and drone attacks, US and Iraq officials said on Wednesday. These include at least 14 rockets fired over a 24-hour period that hit an Iraqi air base hosting US forces. Two US service personnel at the base were wounded.
The injuries of the two people at the Ayn al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq were minor, said coalition spokesman US Army Colonel Wayne Marotto. The rockets landed on the base and its perimeter. Earlier, he said that three people had been wounded.