epa11687910 People stand near paintings depicting military and political figures of Iran-backed Shiite movements of Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq on display, amid high tensions in the Middle East, in Sana'a, Yemen, 27 October 2024. Yemen's Houthis have been launching missile and drone attacks for a year against Israel and dozens of vessels in the seas around Yemen, in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB There were no casualties, the commander of Baghdad's operations said.
In 2020, the U.S.-led international coalition troops withdrew from the base and handed it over to Iraqi security forces. The base had historically held up to 2,000 coalition members.
The base, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, had been the site of frequent rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias targeting U.S.-led troops months before the withdrawal.
(Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab; Editing by Tom Hogue and Muralikumar Anantharaman)