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Iraq
Vehicles damaged after a Katyusha rocket hit a parking garage at Baghdad International Airport on September 6, 2020. Photo: Baghdad International Airport on Facebook
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Three Katyusha rockets landed within Baghdad International Airport grounds on Sunday evening, according to Iraqi Security Media Cell.
One of the three rockets hit a parking garage at the airport, damaging four vehicles belonging to civilians, according to the cell's statement.
The rockets were launched from Zaytoon area of the town of Abu Ghraib, which neighbors the airport. Abu Ghraib lies approximately 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of the Iraqi capital, the statement added.
Shortly after the rocket strikes, Baghdad International Airport shared images on its Facebook page of damaged vehicles just outside the parking garage.
The airport hosts an American military base, as well as the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, a branch of the US embassy which has been subject to repeated rocket fire in recent years.
Rocket attacks on Baghdad's airport and other sites of international diplomatic interest have grown increasingly frequent since the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad's airport on January 3.
Iraqi army bases hosting US-led Coalition troops have also been the target of rocket attacks suspected to have been launched by Iran-backed militias.
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