BAGHDAD: A number of rockets hit an Iraqi airbase simply north of the capital Baghdad Sunday, wounding two Iraqi safety forces, an Iraqi navy commander stated.
In feedback to Iraq’s official information company, Maj.Gen.Diaa Mohsen, commander of the Balad airbase, stated at the least two rockets exploded inside the bottom, which homes U.S.trainers.
The assault comes days after an explosives-laden drone focused U.S.-led coalition forces close to a northern Iraq airport, inflicting a big hearth and harm to a constructing.
Mohsen stated the assault resulted within the harm of two safety forces, certainly one of them in critical situation and the opposite solely barely.
There was no materials harm inside the bottom from the assault, he added.
The incident was the newest in a string of assaults which have focused largely American installations in Iraq in current weeks.
There was no instant duty declare, however U.S. officers have beforehand blamed Iran-backed Iraqi militia factions for such assaults.
American forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011 however returned in 2014 on the invitation of Iraq to assist battle the Islamic State group after it seized huge areas within the north and west of the nation.
In late 2020, U.S. troop ranges in Iraq had been decreased to 2,500 after withdrawals based mostly on orders from the Trump administration.
Calls grew for additional U.S. troop withdrawals after a U.S.-directed drone strike killed Iranian Gen.Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia chief in Baghdad in January 2020.
Final month, a base in western Iraq housing U.S.-led coalition troops and contractors was hit by 10 rockets.
One contractor was killed.
