BAGHDAD — Four members of Iraq’s military are wounded in a rocket attack targeting an air base just north of Baghdad where American trainers are present, Iraqi security officials say.
The attack by at least six rockets came just days after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq that house US forces, causing no casualties.
Recent heightened tensions between the US and Iran were sparked last month when a rocket attack killed an American contractor at a base in Iraq. The US has blamed that attack and others on Iran-backed militias.
An Iraqi army soldier stand guard near a US- made Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jet at the Balad Air Base, Iraq, February 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
Sunday’s attack wounds an Iraqi air force officer and three enlisted men, Iraqi security officials say.
No group claims responsibility for the attack.
The rockets struck Balad air base, which hosts American trainers, advisers and a company that provides maintenance services for F-16 aircraft. Some rockets fall on a restaurant inside the airbase, the officials say. The base is located some 50 miles (80 kilometers) miles north of Baghdad.
— AP
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