Three U.S.-led coalition members and two Iraqi soldiers were wounded after a series of rockets were fired at a military base north of Baghdad. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, the head of the military's Central Command, dismissed the complaints.
U.S.-Iran relations have been in troubled waters since late December, with many military actions playing out on Iraqi soil. On Dec. 29, Kataib Hezbolla shot a barrage of rockets at a U.S. Military base near Kirkuk. American forces retaliated against the Shia militia group in Iraq and Syria a few days later.
In January, a U.S. drone strike killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis near Baghdad's airport, pushing the two countries to what many feared to be the brink of war. The Department of Defense justified the attackthe general was"actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region."
Iraq's caretaker prime minister and Parliament have recommended U.S. troops leave in the wake of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani's killing. Iran retaliated by launching ballistic missiles at the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq and a second base at Irbil, which houses U.S. personnel.Iran-backed militias say attacks on U.S. forces will continue until those troops leave Iraq, NPR's Jane Arraf reports.
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