An air base in Iraq that hosts US, Iraqi and coalition soldiers was targeted on Wednesday when several rockets hit the facility, according to a report.
At least 10 rockets hit Ain al-Asad base, located in the west of Anbar province, at 7:20 am, the Associated Press reported.
No victims were immediately reported, according to Reuters.
The base was the same target last February in an attack that left about 100 soldiers with head injuries, Bloomberg News reported.
Iraqi forces were leading the investigation into the attack, Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the US Army, wrote on Twitter.
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The rocket launch came just days after sources told Fox News that the Combined Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve raised the threat level for US troops serving in Iraq.
U.S. Army drones are seen at Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq’s Anbar province on January 13, 2020. (Getty Images)
US military officials expected possible retaliation after President Biden ordered air strikes in Syria last week.
The US attacks were in response to rockets aimed at the American presence in the region. The launch of a rocket killed a coalition contractor in the Philippines outside an airport in Irbil, northern Iraq, AP reported.
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American officials described Biden’s response as “proportional” to the previous rocket fire.
The source of Tuesday’s rocket launch was not immediately known.
The rocket launch also occurred while Pope Francis planned a historic visit to Iraq later this week, which would make him the first pontiff to visit the country.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.