Iran Press/ West Asia: The attack occurred in the evening when an undetermined number of rockets landed in the Ayn al-Asad Airbase near the town of al-Baghdadi, some 190 km northwest of the capital Baghdad, causing no casualties, an officer from the Iraqi army reported to media.
The source said that after the attack, the Iraqi security forces found a rocket launcher while combing the areas surrounding the airbase, adding that the troops were able to defuse two rockets that were ready to be launched.
Rockets have hit another military base hosting U.S. forces near Baghdad's international airport, Iraqi police said on Thursday, without providing further details.
An armed group calling itself "the Islamic Resistance in Iraq" claimed the attack in an online statement.
The statement, the authenticity of which could not be independently verified, said the rockets hit their targets without providing further details. 219
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