Syria, “outlaw elements” launch rockets from Iraq on a US military base –

At least five rockets were fired from the Iraqi city of Zummar, northwest of Mosul in Nineveh province, towards a US military base in northeast Syria. Iraqi security sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. It was the first attack once morest American forces since early February, when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq halted their attacks on American troops. The attack was carried out a day following Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the United States where he met with US President Joe Biden. In a press note released by the Iraqi security forces we read that “outlaw elements hit an international coalition base in the heart of Syrian territory with rockets at around 9.50pm” local time.

Following this attack, a “large search and inspection operation” was launched to identify the perpetrators of the launches, the statement reads. Iraqi armed groups have decided to resume attacks once morest US forces stationed in Iraq following seeing that, despite the Iraqi prime minister’s visit to Washington, little progress has been made in obtaining the withdrawal of US troops. This was announced by the Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah, explaining that the launch of rockets from northern Iraq in recent hours once morest a base hosting American troops in Syria “is just the beginning”. Founded in the followingmath of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, Kataeb Hezbollah is one of the Iraqi armed factions closest to Iran.