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<\/div>\nRockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq into Syria (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
At least five rockets were launched from Iraq’s town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.<\/p>\n
The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.<\/p>\n
The attack comes one day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the United States and met with President Joe Biden at the White House.<\/p>\n
Two security sources and a senior army officer said a rocket launcher fixed on the back of a small truck had been parked in Zummar border town with Syria.<\/p>\n
The military official said the truck caught fire with an explosion from unfired rockets at the same time as warplanes were in the sky.<\/p>\n
“We can’t confirm that the truck was bombed by US warplanes unless we investigate it,” said a military official on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the incident.<\/p>\n
Iraqi security forces were deployed in the area and launched a hunt for the perpetrators who fled the area using another vehicle, said a security official who is based in the town of Zummar.<\/p>\n
The Iraqi Security Medica Cell, an official body responsible for disseminating security information, said in a statement that Iraqi forces had launched “a wide-ranging search and inspection operation” targeting the perpetrators near the Syrian border, pledging to bring them to justice.<\/p>\n
An army officer said the truck was seized for further investigation and initial investigation shows that it was destroyed by an air strike.<\/p>\n
“We are communicating with the coalition forces in Iraq to share information on this attack,” the officer added.<\/p>\n
The attacks came one day after a huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack while the army said it was investigating and there were no warplanes in the sky at the time.<\/p>\n
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