A coalition base outside Baghdad airport was attacked by armed drones this morning, one of a series of incidents timed to coincide with the anniversary of the assassination of Iran’s leading general.
The two drones were shot down by a US air defence system at the airport. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Iranian-backed militias have carried out a series of rocket and drone attacks on bases shared between the US-led coalition and Iraqi government troops in recent years.
Today marks two years since a drone strike ordered by President Trump killed General Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s Quds Force, just outside the airport. Soleimani, 62, was in a car that had picked him up from a flight from Damascus. Killed
