Rocket attack near US base in Iraq amid US-Iraq dialogue

The reported rocket attack also comes on the six-year anniversary of the fatwa by Iraqi Ayatollah Ali Sistani that helped create the Popular Mobilization Units to fight ISIS.

U.S. soldiers inspect the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020

U.S. soldiers inspect the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020

(photo credit: REUTERS/JOHN DAVISON)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

JUNE 13, 2020 23:59