SULAIMANI (ESTA) — At least 10 rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base which houses U.S.-led Coalition troops, the Iraqi military said.
Iraqi Security Media Cell said the rocket attack did not cause “any significant losses” and that the security forces had also found the place of the launch pad, but didn’t clarify where it was launched.
Coalition spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto said in a tweet earlier on Wednesday that the base was attacked at approximately 07:20 a.m. on Wednesday.
Marotto further said the Iraqi security forces “are leading the response & investigation”.
It was the second rocket attack in Iraq this month and came two days before Pope Francis is due to visit the country.
Reuters cited a Baghdad Operations Command official as saying that about 13 rockets were launched from a location about 8 km (5 miles) from the base.
Another Iraqi security source and a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters that the rockets were launched from the Baiader area, west of Baghdadi city.
On Feb. 16 a rocket attack on U.S.-led forces in Erbil killed a civilian contractor and injured a U.S. service member.
*This story was updated at 01:44 p.m. EBL time
