Rocket attack jolts US base in Iraq

A rocket attack has rocked a US military base located inside Basra International Airport in southern Iraq as the number of possible casualties remains unknown.

The rocket landed in the American base inside Iraq’s second largest airport on Tuesday, the Iranian state news agency IRIB reported, quoted an Iraqi police source as saying on condition of anonymity.

The official, however, declined comment on the number of casualties left by the attack in Basra — which is located nearly 550 kilometers to the south of Baghdad.

Meanwhile, provincial security forces successfully attacked several regions in southern Basra, detaining 22 suspects, according to Basra police.

Iraq has witnessed deadly bombings and terror attacks on an almost daily basis since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.

The war toppled Iraq’s notorious dictator Saddam Hussein but also opened the gate for unrelenting violence by al-Qaeda-linked militants.

A total of 4,326 American soldiers have been killed in the war-torn Iraq ever since.