BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi Shiite militia on Friday claimed responsibility for a rocket barrage on a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria.
The militia, named Islamic Resistance in Iraq, claimed in an online statement that its fighters fired rockets on the U.S. base in Kharab al-Jir town in Syria's northeastern province of al-Hasakah.
It said the rockets hit their targets in the U.S. military base, without providing further details.
The attack by the Iraqi armed group is part of a series of retaliatory measures against the U.S. forces amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, the statement added.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, confirmed that explosions were heard in the U.S. base in Kharab al-Jir. There are no reports of casualties so far.
The incident marked the 64th recorded attack on the U.S. bases in Syria since Oct. 19, the war monitor added. ■
