Suspected rocket attack on US base in Iraq

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(NewsNation) — A suspected rocket onslaught has struck Ain al-Asad aerial basal successful Iraq, wherever U.S. and conjugation forces are stationed. The incidental has resulted successful injuries to respective U.S. personnel, a Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed to NewsNation.

"Initial indications are that respective U.S. unit were injured," the spokesperson said. The afloat grade of the injuries and the nonstop fig of affected unit stay unclear astatine this time.

Military officials astatine the basal are conducting a harm appraisal pursuing the onslaught to find the scope of the incidental and immoderate imaginable structural harm to the facility.

A White House authoritative confirmed President Joe Biden was briefed connected the attack.

In caller weeks, Iranian-backed Iraqi militias person resumed launching attacks connected bases lodging U.S. forces successful Iraq and Syria aft a lull of respective months aft a onslaught connected a basal successful Jordan killed 3 American soldiers successful precocious January, prompting a bid of retaliatory U.S. strikes.

Between October and January, an umbrella radical calling itself the Islamic Resistance successful Iraq had regularly claimed attacks that it said were successful retaliation for Washington’s enactment of Israel successful the warfare successful Gaza and were aimed astatine pushing U.S. troops retired of the region.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.