US military base in Syria under rocket attack from Iraq

Zummar: At least five rockets have been fired from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a US military base in north-eastern Syria, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters about the said attacks.

The 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.

The military official said the truck caught fire with an explosion from unfired rockets at the same time as warplanes were in the sky.

The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.

This comes a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the US were he met with President Joe Biden at the White House.