BAGHDAD: The Iraqi army said two drones were shot down on Sunday over a military base hosting US-led international forces fighting IS militants.
The air defence system at Ain al Assad base, located in western Iraq, intercepted and shot down the two drones, the Iraqi military-linked Security Media Cell said. No casualties or damage was reported.
The attempted attack was the latest in a series against the same base. Last month, an air attack targeted Ain al Assad, causing no casualties.
In March, a US civilian contractor died in a rocket attack on the facility.
Ain al Assad was one of the bases that Iran attacked in January 2020 to avenge the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in US strikes on Baghdad.
In Baghdad, a diplomatic facility was on Saturday the target of a rocket attack without causing casualties, the anti-IS coalition said.
"At approx 0015 local time, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre (BDSC) was attacked by one rocket round. The rocket impacted near the BDSC and caused no injuries or damage. The attack is under investigation," coalition spokesman Wayne Marotto said on Twitter.
No claim of responsibility has been made.
The BDSC is a joint US-Iraqi facility located in the military part of the Baghdad international airport.
In recent months, the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad - home to the US embassy - and facilities hosting US troops in Iraq have been the target of repeated attacks blamed on pro-Iranian groups. - dpa
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