<p>Mosul, Iraq: At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told <em>Reuters</em>.</p><p>The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.</p><p>The attack comes one day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the United States and met with President Joe Biden at the White House.</p><p>Two 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.</p><p>The military official said the truck caught fire with an explosion from unfired rockets at the same time as warplanes were in the sky.</p><p>"We can't confirm that the truck was bombed by U.S. warplanes unless we investigate it," said a military official on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the incident.</p><p>Iraqi security forces were deployed in the area and launched a hunt for the perpetrators who fled the area using another vehicle, said a security official who is based in the town of Zummar.</p>.Israeli missiles targeted Syria air defence positions: State media.<p>The Iraqi Security Medica Cell, an official body responsible for disseminating security information, said in a statement that Iraqi forces had launched "a wide-ranging search and inspection operation" targeting the perpetrators near the Syrian border, pledging to bring them to justice.</p><p>An army officer said the truck was seized for further investigation and initial investigation shows that it was destroyed by an air strike.</p><p>"We are communicating with the coalition forces in Iraq to share information on this attack," the officer added.</p><p>The attacks came one day after a huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack while the army said it was investigating and there were no warplanes in the sky at the time.</p> .<p><strong>The coalition hits back</strong></p><p>A coalition fighter destroyed a launcher in self-defence after reports of a failed rocket attack near a coalition base in Syria, a US official said on Sunday, adding that no US personnel were injured.</p><p>The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.</p>
<p>Mosul, Iraq: At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told <em>Reuters</em>.</p><p>The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.</p><p>The attack comes one day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the United States and met with President Joe Biden at the White House.</p><p>Two 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.</p><p>The military official said the truck caught fire with an explosion from unfired rockets at the same time as warplanes were in the sky.</p><p>"We can't confirm that the truck was bombed by U.S. warplanes unless we investigate it," said a military official on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the incident.</p><p>Iraqi security forces were deployed in the area and launched a hunt for the perpetrators who fled the area using another vehicle, said a security official who is based in the town of Zummar.</p>.Israeli missiles targeted Syria air defence positions: State media.<p>The Iraqi Security Medica Cell, an official body responsible for disseminating security information, said in a statement that Iraqi forces had launched "a wide-ranging search and inspection operation" targeting the perpetrators near the Syrian border, pledging to bring them to justice.</p><p>An army officer said the truck was seized for further investigation and initial investigation shows that it was destroyed by an air strike.</p><p>"We are communicating with the coalition forces in Iraq to share information on this attack," the officer added.</p><p>The attacks came one day after a huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack while the army said it was investigating and there were no warplanes in the sky at the time.</p> .<p><strong>The coalition hits back</strong></p><p>A coalition fighter destroyed a launcher in self-defence after reports of a failed rocket attack near a coalition base in Syria, a US official said on Sunday, adding that no US personnel were injured.</p><p>The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.</p>