Rocket hits Iraqi air base housing US-led forces

A Katyusha rocket hit an air base housing US-led coalition forces in Iraq's western province of Anbar. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Baghdad:A Katyusha rocket hit an air base housing US-led coalition forces in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the military said.

"A Katyusha rocket landed at about 1.50 p.m. on Monday at the edge of Ayn al-Asad Air Base in Anbar province, without casualties," the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement.

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Wayne Marotto, spokesman of the international coalition forces in Iraq, said the damage is being assessed and the attack is under investigation, reports Xinhua news agency.

Ayn al-Asad Air Base, formerly known as al-Qadisiyah Air Base, is located some 190 km northwest of capital Baghdad.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

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The Iraqi military bases housing US troops across Iraq and the American embassy in Baghdad has been frequently targeted by mortar and rocket attacks.

IANS