A day before the president of Iran was scheduled to visit, Iraqi security forces reported hearing an explosion late on Tuesday at the military base of a coalition led by the United States at the international airport in Baghdad.
“At 11pm (8pm GMT) an explosion was heard inside Baghdad International Airport in the area occupied by international coalition advisors,” Iraqi Major General Tahseen Al Khafaji, the Joint Operations Command spokesman, wrote in a statement posted on social media platform X.
Under AFP’s anonymity, a senior military official stated that “two Katyusha-type rockets” were the cause of the explosion. One struck the compound wall of the Iraqi anti-terrorist forces. The official stated, “The second was inside the base housing the multinational coalition headed by Washington.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was scheduled to visit Iraq on Wednesday, marking his first international trip since assuming office in July. Over the past twenty years, the closeness between Iran and Iraq has increased.
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