An aerial view shows the Baghdad International Airport. AFP
“Five rockets targeted Baghdad International Airport and its surrounding area, injuring four airport employees and security personnel, as well as an engineer,” Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a statement.
The statement added that rockets struck the airport and a water desalination plant, while others landed near a prison where suspects linked to the Islamic State group are held and near an Iraqi airbase adjacent to a US diplomatic facility.
Earlier, three security sources told AFP that several drones and rockets had targeted a military base in the Baghdad airport complex that also hosts the US diplomatic facility.
“Nine attacks with drones and rockets targeted the Victory military base in the airport,” a security official said. An AFP journalist reported hearing explosions in the capital.
Another security source said at least three drones were shot down. It was not immediately clear whether the military base had been directly hit.
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