Rockets Hit Iraqi Military Base, Security Officials Say

Reuters
By Reuters
March 15, 2021Middle East
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Rockets Hit Iraqi Military Base, Security Officials Say
Shattered glass is pictured on the floor of a shop following a rocket attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Feb. 15, 2021. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)

TIKRIT, Iraq—At least five rockets hit the Iraqi military air base of Balad north of Baghdad on Monday, without causing casualties, Iraqi security officials said.

The officials said two more rockets fell outside the base at a rural area without causing casualties.

No group immediately claimed the attack, but armed groups that some Iraqi officials say are backed by Iran have claimed similar incidents in the past.

By Ghazwan Hassan and Ahmed Rasheed

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