A rocket hit a site in southern Iraq used by foreign oil companies on Wednesday, including U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil, wounding three people and threatening to further escalate U.S.-Iran tensions in the region. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack near Iraq's southern city of Basra, the fourth time in a week that rockets have struck near U.S. installations. Three previous attacks on or near military bases housing U.S. forces near Baghdad and Mosul caused no casualties or major damage.




Source: Staff evacuated as rocket strikes near foreign oil firms in Iraq