The attack against US forces is the first since early February when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped their attacks against US troops.
It comes a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returned from a visit to the United States, where he met with President Joe Biden at the White House.
Rocket launchers fire at US forces
Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah said early on Monday that armed groups decided to resume attacks on US forces in the country after seeing little progress on talks to achieve the exit of US troops during Iraq's prime minister's visit to Washington.
Kataib Hezbollah later denied these statements, saying they were fabricated. A statement on their Telegram stated that they were not resuming attacks on US forces. READ MORE
