Multiple rockets hit Iraqi airbase, wounding two soldiers

At least five rockets target Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, which hosts US contractors and Iraqi security forces.

At least five rockets hit the Iraqi military airbase at Balad north of Baghdad, wounding two Iraqi soldiers, the Iraqi military said in a statement. Security officials had said earlier that the Katyusha rockets had fallen on the area of the base that houses US contractors, and that no casualties had been reported. No group immediately claimed the attack on Sunday, but armed groups that some Iraqi officials say are backed by Iran have claimed similar incidents in the past.