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January 12, 2020An attack with several rockets against an air base in Iraq, in Balad, north of Baghdad, where American soldiers are also located. France Presse reports, citing Iraqi military sources, according to which four Iraqi soldiers were injured. Other reports speak of at least 8 Katyusha rockets against the base.

The episode comes after Tehran's missile attacks in recent days against Iraqi bases hosting US soldiers, in response to the US raid that led to the killing of the Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.

Meanwhile, today there have been new street demonstrations in Iran , and clashes with the police, by those who protest the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger jet by mistake by the Iranian antiaircraft.