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Two U.S. soldiers were injured during a rocket attack on Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq Wednesday, Army officials reported.

A series of at least 14 rockets hit the Iraqi air base housing both U.S. and international forces, along with structures in the surrounding area.

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U.S. officials told Fox News that one of the American service members injured during the rocket attack suffered a concussion while the other had minor scrapes following the incident. 

A spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the operational name for the military intervention against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, confirmed that at around 12:30 p.m. local time, rockets landed on the "base and perimeter" and prompted "force protection defensive measures" to be activated. 

The attack Wednesday is the fourth attack this week, following a drone strike Tuesday near the Erbil airbase, preceded by a second attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase and an attempted drone strike near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad Monday. 

None of the previous attacks resulted in reported injuries or causalities. 

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It remains unclear who is responsible for the recent increase in attacks.

A spokesperson for the Iraqi forces did not clarify who attacked the base Wednesday but designated the rocket fire as a "terrorist" attack.

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"Once again, the enemies of Iraq are intrusive and targeting the country’s security and sovereignty, and the safety of citizens through a new terrorist attack," Yehia Rasool, spokesperson for the Iraqi Army said in a statement posted to Twitter. 

OIR spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto said that local homes and a mosque were also damaged in the attack Wednesday, though it remains unclear if any Iraqi civilians were injured. 

Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report.