Four soldiers injured in rocket strike on at Iraqi airbase hosting US military

Published Jan 12, 2020

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Baghdad - A volley of rockets hit an Iraqi airbase north of the

capital Baghdad on Sunday, injuring four Iraqi air force personnel,

the army said.

Eight rockets struck the Balad airbase, which is hosting US

personnel, the military media centre added in a brief statement,

according to Iraq's official news agency INA.

A local security official had earlier said three Iraqi soldiers were

injured after nine mortar shells had landed in the base, some 80

kilometres north of Baghdad.

Some shells hit the runway of the facility while another shell struck

the gate, Colonel Mohammed Khalil, a police officer in the northern

Iraqi province of Salah al-Din, added.

So far, there has been no claim of responsibility for the attack that

comes amid tensions between the United States and Iran.

Earlier this week, Iran launched missile attacks on two Iraqi

airbases hosting US troops in retaliation for the killing of a top

Iranian commander in a US drone strike in Baghdad.

dpa

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