US hits pro-Iran group with deadly strikes in Iraq, Syria

The US carried out air strikes against a pro-Iran militant group in IraqSunday, killing 19 fighters, two days after a rocket attack that killed an American civilian contractor.A few hours after the strikes, four rockets exploded near a base housing US troops close to Iraq's capital without wounding anyone, an Iraqi security official told AFP.The US strikes, which also hit Syria, came after a barrage of 30 or more rockets was fired on Friday at the K1 Iraqi military base in Kirkuk, an oil-rich re