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Smoke is seen in al-Baghdadi following rocket attacks in Anbar province, Iraq July 7, 2021. Iraqi Media Security Cell/Handout via REUTERS
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BAGHDAD: Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday (Jul 8), 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.
The embassy itself was not hit, the army said, but three nearby places in Baghdad s heavily fortified Green Zone were.
Two American service members have been injured after an air base in Iraq came under attack from at least 14 rockets.
The Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. and other international forces, was targeted on Wednesday - the same day that Kurdish-led forces in Syria said they thwarted a drone attack in an area where U.S. forces also operate.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks - part of a wave targeting U.S. troops or areas where they are based in Iraq and Syria.
Scenes of the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq, which on Wednesday came under attack
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Rocket and drone attacks on Wednesday targeted bases in Iraq and Syria hosting US forces.
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Rocket and drone attacks on Wednesday targeted bases in Iraq and Syria hosting US forces that are part of an international coalition fighting the Islamic State jihadist group.
Fourteen rockets were fired at an air base hosting American troops in Iraq s western province of Anbar, causing minor injuries to two personnel, the US-led coalition said.
It was the latest in a spate of attacks on US military and diplomatic facilities in Iraq, blamed on pro-Iranian armed groups within a state-sponsored paramilitary force.
According to US attacks on Iraq and Syria, Reuters reported
By Ahmed Rasheed and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
BAGHDAD / AMMAN (Reuters) – Iraqi and Syrian U.S. diplomats and troops have fired three rockets and drones in the past 24 hours, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Wednesday, including at least 14 rockets targeting a U.S. Air Force base. , injuring two members of the American service.
While responsibility for the attacks was not immediately claimed part of a wave aimed at U.S. troops or areas deployed in Iraq and Syria analysts believed they were part of a campaign by Iran-backed militias.
Iraqi militia groups backing Iran have vowed to take revenge last month for U.S. attacks on the Iraqi-Syrian border.