• Camp Taji, an Iraqi base housing US and coalition troops, was struck by rockets on Wednesday, an Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman revealed.
  • OIR said in a follow-on statement that 18 107mm Katusha rockets struck the base, killing three coalition personnel and wounding 12 others. Among the deceased were reportedly two Americans and one British service member.
  • A US Central Command spokesperson told The Washington Post that five of the wounded were evacuated in serious condition.
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More than a dozen rockets hammered a base in Iraq housing US and coalition forces Wednesday. Two US troops were killed in the attack, the Associated Press reported, citing a US official.

Camp Taji, located about 20 miles north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, was struck by 18 107mm Katyusha rockets late Wednesday, Operation Inherent Resolve said.

The attack, which is unclaimed and under investigation, killed one British service member in addition to the two Americans, according to multiple reports.

OIR said that 12 other individuals were wounded in the rocket attack. A US Central Command spokesperson told The Washington Post that five people were evacuated in serious condition.

In the past, Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq, like Kata'ib Hezbollah, have fired rockets at bases.

Following a rocket attack in late December that killed a US civilian contractor, the US military retaliated by bombing militia sites, triggering an attack on the US embassy in Baghdad. Days later, the US killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, former commander of the IRGC Quds Force, in a drone strike, a startling escalation that brought the US and Iran to the brink of war.

In retaliation for Soleimani's death, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at US and coalition forces in Iraq in an attack that caused more than 100 US troops to be diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.

This post has been updated with the latest information from OIR.