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Rockets hit near U.S. forces and contractors in Iraq on Wednesday, including an air base north of Baghdad and a military base at Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi army and security officials said. The army reported at least three rockets hit Balad airbase, where U.S. contractors are based. Security officials …

Iraq’s Security Media Cell announced on Thursday three Katyusha rockets had fallen into Iraq’s Balad airbase, 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, which houses U.S. forces but caused no casualties or losses. A number of rocket and mortar attacks have hit bases hosting coalition forces and landed …

A new attack on an Iraqi military base was reported on Sunday when several rockets hit the air force site in the Salah Al-Deen province. The Iraqi Armed Forces announced on their official Twitter account that a number of rockets targeted the Al-Balad Airbase in the country’s Salah Al-Deen Province. …

Hundreds of US defense contractor personnel will evacuate Balad Air Base in Iraq due to “potential security threats,” Iraqi military sources have told the media. Nearly 400 employees of Lockheed Martin and Sallyport Global stationed at the base north of Baghdad are due to leave the country in a two-stage …