(Reuters) -An unidentified drone targeted an army radar at Iraq’s Taji military base north of Baghdad, the Iraqi state news agency reported early on Tuesday, citing a military official. There were no casualties, the commander of Baghdad’s operations said. In 2020, the U.S.-led international coalition troops withdrew from the base and handed it over to […]
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Drone targets Iraq’s Taji military base, no casualties, state news agency says
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(Reuters) -An unidentified drone targeted an army radar at Iraq’s Taji military base north of Baghdad, the Iraqi state news agency reported early on Tuesday, citing a military official.
There were no casualties, the commander of Baghdad’s operations said.
In 2020, the U.S.-led international coalition troops withdrew from the base and handed it over to Iraqi security forces. The base had historically held up to 2,000 coalition members.
The base, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, had been the site of frequent rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias targeting U.S.-led troops months before the withdrawal.
(Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab; Editing by Tom Hogue and Muralikumar Anantharaman)