Two rockets have hit an Iraqi base frequented by U.S. troops north of Baghdad without causing any casualties, Iraq’s military said. It was the third such attack this month and comes just days after Washington and Baghdad launched strategic talks.
BAGHDAD — Two rockets hit an Iraqi base frequented by U.S. troops north of Baghdad late Saturday without causing any casualties, Iraq’s military said, the third such attack this month and just days after Washington and Baghdad launched strategic talks.
The first session of the much-anticipated strategic talks between the U.S. and Iraq began Thursday, and is to lay the agenda for the months ahead, including the presence of U.S. troops in the country, Iran-backed militia groups acting outside of the state and Iraq’s dire economic crisis.U.S.
A day before the talks began, a rocket landed a few hundred meters from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone.
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