Rocket attack hits north Iraq base hosting US troops

A rocket hit a base in northern Iraq that hosts U.S. forces on February 13 but caused no casualties, Iraqi security sources said.

The base, known as K1 near the city of Kirkuk, is where a U.S. civilian contractor was killed in December in a similar attack, blamed by Washington on Iran-backed militias.

A Reuters witness said U.S. warplanes had scrambled and were soaring overhead shortly after the attack on February 13. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket.