Drone, rocket attacks targeted US forces in Iraq, US officials say

U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, the first reported after a near three-month pause.

At least one armed drone was launched at the Ain al-Asad air base that hosts U.S. troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, a U.S. official said.

That followed five rockets fired from northern Iraq towards U.S. forces at a base in Rumalyn in remote northeastern Syria, on Sunday, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.