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US-led coalition base in Iraq attacked with 10 rockets It is the second rocket attack in Iraq this month and came two days before Pope Francis is due to visit the country. As per the latest information, no casualty has been reported in today's rocket attack BusinessToday.In | March 3, 2021 | Updated 16:07 IST The Pope is scheduled to visit the country from March 5-8 Amid rising tensions between the US and Iran, at least 10 rockets were fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase on Wednesday that hosts the United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, the Iraqi military said. US-led coalition spokesper...

Another Iraqi security source said the rockets were launched from the Baiader area. No one was injured in the attack and it is not yet clear who was behind the strike. The attack on the Ain al-Assad base in Iraq’s western desert comes after several weeks of escalating US-Iran tensions on Iraqi soil. A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural depicting Pope Francis waving (Image: Getty) A view inside Ain al-Asad military airbase housing US and other foreign troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar (Image: Getty) On February 26, US President Joe Biden authorised an airstrike on an I...

Multiple rockets struck an airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition forces in the country. Col. Wayne Marotto said 10 rockets hit Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province at 7:20 a.m. and Iraqi security forces were leading an investigation into the incident.  The Pentagon said no U.S. service members were injured but a U.S. civilian contractor "suffered a cardiac episode while sheltering and sadly passed away shortly after."   No one claimed responsibility. It is relatively rare for rocket attacks of this kind to take place du...

At least 10 rockets are launched towards a military base in western Iraq that hosts United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, in what appears to be the first retaliatory attack after the US struck Iran-aligned militia targets last week.

White House warns of military response to rocket attack on Iraq base hosting US troops March 3 WASHINGTON — The White House warned that the U.S. may consider a military response to the rocket attack that hit an air base in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are housed. A U.S. contractor died after at least 10 rockets slammed into the base early Wednesday. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, the first since the U.S. struck Iran-aligned militia targets along the Iraq-Syria border last week. “We are following that through right now,” President Joe Biden told re...