KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) – Islamic State militants attacked a base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing two soldiers before U.S.-led forces launched a wave of airstrikes to repel the assault, officials said.
Maj. Gen. Hiwa Rash told The Associated Press that two attackers blew themselves up at the entrance to the base and the other three were killed in a shootout with Kurdish forces, known as the Peshmerga.
Three peshmerga forces were wounded in the assault, he added.
The Islamic State group claimed the attack.
Col. John Dorrian, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said coalition troops are not permanently stationed at the base but were in the area when the attack occurred.