{"id":46907,"date":"2019-12-03T22:02:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T22:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/03\/several-rockets-land-near-iraqi-base-housing-us-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:47:38","slug":"several-rockets-land-near-iraqi-base-housing-us-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/03\/several-rockets-land-near-iraqi-base-housing-us-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Several rockets land near Iraqi base housing US troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S.-led coalition combating ISIS<\/a> said Tuesday that several rockets landed outside the Iraqi al-Asad airbase, which houses American troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No facilities were hit and there were no injuries, Col. Myles B. Caggins III, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, told Military Times in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters <\/a>reported, citing an Iraqi military statement, that five rockets landed on the sprawling airbase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocket and indirect fire attacks are a common occurrence in Iraq, and often the hallmark attack of Iranian-backed militias in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials with OIR told Military Times in June that they witnessed an increase in indirect fire<\/a> attacks near U.S. installations and other interests in the region as tensions flared this summer between Tehran and Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday\u2019s rocket attack, but al-Asad is located in Anbar province, Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anbar was once the heart of the Sunni insurgency at the height of America\u2019s participation in the Iraq conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The region remains a hotbed of support for ISIS militants who once controlled major cities like Fallujah and Ramadi and other towns and villages that snake across the Euphrates.<\/p>\n\n\n\t