By Julian Borger in Washington and Dan Sabbagh in London
- 11 others injured by fusillade of Katyusha rockets
- Soon after, airstrikes also reported on a militia base
Two Americans and a British soldier are reported to have been killed and 11 others injured, by a rocket attack on a coalition base in Iraq, according to US defence officials.
Within hours air strikes were reported on an area of the Iraqi-Syrian border used as a base by an Iran-backed militia, raising fears of a fresh round of US-Iranian escalation that brought both countries close to war in January.
Source: Rocket attack on Iraq base leaves two Americans and one UK soldier dead
Category: Iraq, US military, Middle East and North Africa, World news, US news
