3 mortar rounds hit military base near Baghdad-Xinhua

3 mortar rounds hit military base near Baghdad

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-04-26 05:21:58

BAGHDAD, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Three mortar rounds landed on Monday on a military base near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, causing property damage, a military source said.

Three mortar rounds hit the Camp Taji, some 20 km north of Baghdad, which houses Iraqi army forces and military training centers, an army officer told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forces intensified their security measures and launched a search campaign in the surrounding area looking for the attackers, the source said.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the base.

The Taji military base with its airbase was housing U.S. troops after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, but the foreign forces handed over the base to Iraqi forces in August 2020.

On Dec. 29, 2021, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi confirmed the end of the U.S.-led coalition forces' combat mission in Iraq.