U.S. personnel wounded in missile attack on Iraq airbase by Iranian-backed rebels

Several U.S. personnel were injured in a missile attack Saturday night by Iranian-backed rebels on Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, the Pentagon said.

At about 6:30 p.m. local time, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were fired by Iranian-backed militants from western Iraq, U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on social media.

The base's air defense systems intercepted "most of the missiles," but "others impacted the base," CENTCOM reported.