At least three people were wounded after five explosions rocked a military base belonging to an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, a local security official told CNN Saturday.

A powerful blast rocked a military base near Baghdad Friday housing members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, which has close ties to Iran, according to multiple reports. Israeli and US officials have both denied responsibility for the explosion.

The rocket attack on a small U.S.-led coalition outpost in northeastern Syria is the first one in the region since early February.

US occupation forces in Iraq and Syria encountered separate attacks within the last 24 hours, marking the first such incidents after a near three-month hiatus amidst mounting regional outrage over Washington’s backing of Israeli genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, in the first such incidents reported after a near three-month pause.

A military base in Syria belonging to a US-led coalition came under rocket-fire late on Sunday, the government-affiliated Iraqi Security Media Cell said in a statement.

First attack on US forces since early February comes day after Iraq’s prime minister returns from US visit

A huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack while the army said it was investigating and there were no warplanes in the sky at the time.

The failed strike marks the first time since Feb. 4 that Iranian-backed militias have attacked a U.S. facility in Iraq or Syria.

At least five rockets were launched from Iraq’s Zummar town towards a U.S. military base in northeastern Syria, according to Iraqi security sources and a U.S. official. The attack marks the first assault on U.