Rockets fired from Iraq at US-led coalition base in Syria

US soldiers walk while on patrol by the Suwaydiyah oil fields in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah. [AFP]

Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces.

In response, the Iraqi forces launched a major search operation in northern Nineveh province and found the vehicle used in the attack, they said in a statement.