American soldiers were slightly wounded and a member of the Iraqi security forces more seriously, from the attack on Ain Al Asad Air Basea US military officer said, citing a first assessment of damage from that strike.

According to this source, who asked to remain anonymous, the first reports speak of a strike with ballistic missiles, but it is open to the possibility that it was rockets.

A spokesman for local police said the base was hit by “15 rockets” that came from the province Al Anbar. 13 of them were shot down by air defense systems, but two hit the base where Americans and other soldiers of the international anti-jihadist coalition are hosted.

So far, no organization has claimed responsibility for this attack, which is taking place at a time when the situation in the wider Middle East region is tense, due to the war in Gaza Strip. Earlier today, five members of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s ideological army, were killed in Damascus by an airstrike attributed to the Israeli military. Tehran threatened Israel with retaliation.

Last Monday night, Iran launched ballistic missiles into the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, claiming that its target was a base used by “the spies of the Zionist regime”, i.e. the Israeli Mossad.

Since mid-October there have been dozens of attacks against American soldiers and members of the international anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq and Syria. Most of these strikes, by drones or rockets, have been claimed by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq,” a nebulous group whose members are drawn from armed, pro-Iranian organizations.