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08/07/2021 - 05:07 The US embassy in Iraq, pictured on January 3, 2020, the day Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad. © Ahmad al-Rubaye, AFP/file 4 min Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday, the Iraqi army said, at the end of a day marked by rocket and drone attacks on bases hosting American forces in Iraq and Syria. Advertising Read more
The embassy itself was not hit, the army said, but three nearby places in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone were.
Two members of the US military were injured during a rocket attack against the Ain Al-Assad Air Base that hosts Coalition troops in Iraq, Defense Department spokesperson Commander Jessica McNulty confirmed to Sputnik. Earlier on Wednesday, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto said two personnel suffered minor injuries after 14 rockets were fired at the air base. I can confirm two US service members had the minor injuries in today s attack at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, McNulty said in a statement on Wednesday. This is the second rocket attack on the Ain Al-Assad base this week. On Monday, the air base was hit by three rockets that did not result in any injuries or material damage.