Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent reports of rocket attacks on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq's Anbar Provence.

Reports indicate that approximately ten rockets were fired at the Ain al-Asad airbase at around 07:30 local time on 3 March. The UK condemns the attack on Iraqi and Coalition forces hosted at Ain al-Asad. These terrorist attacks undermine the fight against Daesh, destabilise Iraq and must stop immediately. Coalition forces are in Iraq to fight Daesh at the invitation of the Iraqi government. We continue to closely monitor the security situation in Iraq, and are regularly engaging with the Government of Iraq and international partners in order to support stability in Iraq and the wider region.