Series of rocket attacks target military bases near Baghdad airport, western Iraq –military


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Jan 2022

An unfired rocket found by the Iraqi Army is pictured after a Katyusha rocket hit an Iraqi military base hosting U.S. forces near Baghdad's international airport, in Baghdad, Iraq January 5, 2022. Iraqi Media Security Cell/Handout via REUTERS

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Katyusha rockets hit Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. forces near Baghdad's international airport and west of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi military sources said.

An Iraqi military statement said it found a rocket launcher with one rocket in al-Jihad district in western Baghdad near the airport.

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