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Local police said unidentified gunmen fired rockets from an Iraqi village near the town of Zummar, northwest of Mosul, toward northeastern Syria.
On April 21, regional media quoted Iraqi security sources as saying that five missiles were launched that evening from Iraq towards a US military base in neighboring Syria.
The attack occurred when unidentified gunmen launched a rocket from an Iraqi village near the town of Zummar, northwest of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, toward northeastern Syria, a local police source said.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said an attack plot targeting a US airbase at Kharab al-Jir airport, north of al-Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, had failed.
According to SOHR, US ground defense forces intercepted and shot down the drones before they reached the base.
Following the drone attack, armed militants launched missiles at the Kharab al-Jir base. US ground defense forces intercepted the missiles and no casualties were reported at the US base.
According to SOHR, armed groups based in Iraq were behind the attacks. Meanwhile, US forces in the region have not commented on this information.
TN (according to Vietnam+)