The Iraqi army announced that three Katyusha rockets landed in the vicinity of Baghdad International Airport, yesterday, without causing any damages or injuries, and also announced that it had found a rocket launcher equipped with a timer in a rural area in western Baghdad.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the Katyusha rocket attack. Security officials said it was not yet clear whether the target of the attack was a military base hosting US forces located near the airport and not damaged.
The United States accuses armed factions allied with Iran of being responsible for a series of missile attacks, targeting the bases that host US forces or occurred near these bases this year, even though these factions have not adopted the attacks.
Tensions between the United States and Iran have increased over the past year, culminating in Washington's killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, as well as Abu Mahdi, the leading engineer in an Iraqi semi-armed faction, in a strike at a drone in Baghdad airport in January, and armed factions backed by Iran have vowed to avenge their killing and repeat attacks. Rocket fire on bases hosting American forces. Rocket attacks have also occurred near the American embassy in Baghdad, and the embassy compound has received at least one direct hit.
After the attack near the airport, the Iraqi army said it had found a rocket launcher with a timer in a rural area in western Baghdad, and there were no reports of damage or injuries.
Security sources said that the rockets were fired from the Bakriya area, about six kilometers northeast of the airport, and that security forces deployed to search the area.
A base hosting American forces near the airport that was not damaged.