An image grab taken from Kurdistan 24 TV channel on Feb 19, 2021 shows damage following a rocket attack two days ago targeting a military complex inside the Arbil airport that hosts foreign troops deployed as part of a US-led coalition. (KURDISTAN 24 CHANNEL / AFP)

BAGHDAD - Three Katyusha rockets on Saturday landed on an Iraqi military airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province, a provincial security source said.

The attack took place in the evening when the Katyusha rockets hit Balad airbase, some 90 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Mohammed al-Bazi, from the provincial police, told Xinhua.

One of the rockets struck a building used by a company contracting with US forces at the base, causing damage to the building and wounding an Iraqi civilian working for the company, police said

One of the rockets struck a building used by a company contracting with US forces at the base, causing damage to the building and wounding an Iraqi civilian working for the company, al-Bazi said.

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The other two rockets landed in an empty area inside the airbase without causing casualties, he added.

Balad airbase is the largest military airbase in Iraq and was known by the US forces as Logistics Support Activity (LSA) Anaconda. The airbase was housing many US troops and advisors of a US company operating the Iraqi F-16 jet fighters, but they withdrew more than a year ago after the airbase came under a series of rocket attacks by unidentified militias.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Iraqi military bases housing US troops across Iraq, as well as the US embassy in the Green Zone, have been frequently targeted by mortar and rocket attacks.  

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