Looks like an attempt by an Iran-affiliated militia group in Iraq to lob rockets at a U.S. military base in Syria was a total dud.
Five rockets fired from Iraq towards U.S. military base in Syria, security sources say https://t.co/PZWFIKU1zU pic.twitter.com/cthKqyD3v7
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 21, 2024
MOSUL, Iraq, April 21 (Reuters) – At least five rockets were launched from Iraq’s town of Zummar towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.
The attack against U.S. forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against U.S. troops.
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.
Comically, the truck that the rockets were allegedly fired from…
