2 US, 1 British nationals killed in rocket attack on military base near Iraqi capital

BAGHDAD - Local media reported two US soldiers and a British national were killed and some 12 people wounded Wednesday in a rocket barrage on a military base in north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

A US official confirmed that two US soldiers and a British were killed in the rocket attack on al-Taji Camp in north of Baghdad, al-Sumaria TV channel said without further details.

Earlier in the evening, the Iraqi military said in a statement that 10 rockets landed on al-Taji Camp, some 20 km north of Baghdad, where some US troops are stationed, without causing casualties.

The Iraqi security force found a truck, carrying a rocket launcher with three unfired rockets, left in the nearby al-Rashdiyah area, the statement said.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, as the military bases housing US troops across Iraq and the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad have been frequently targeted by insurgents' mortar and rocket attacks.

Over 5,000 US troops have been deployed in Iraq to support the Iraqi forces in the battles against Islamic State militants, mainly providing training and advising to the Iraqi forces.