BREAKING: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq with U.S. troops

Breaking overnight, rockets have targeted an Iraqi military base with U.S. troops

BAGHDAD (KLKN)- At least 10 rockets targeted an Iraqi military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops.

The rockets hit the airbase around 7 a.m., local time. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties.

It was the first attack since the U.S. struck Iran-aligned militia targets along the Iraq-Syria border last week. This attack comes just two days before Pope Francis is supposed to visit Iraq in a trip that will include Baghdad, southern Iraq, and the northern city of Irbil.

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