At least four rockets hit near a Turkish military base in Iraq

At least four Katiusha-type rockets hit this Sunday near a military base belonging to Turkey in the north of IraqSo far, no victims or material damage have been reported, a security source informed Efe.

According to a source from the Mosul police force who asked not to be identified, the rockets struck. “In the vicinity of the outer fencing of the Zilkan base”, located in the city of Bashiqa.

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The informant added that the rockets were fired from one of the forest areas in the north of Mosul and the authorship of the attack is unknown.

Rocket attacks against Turkish positions in northern Iraq they are common, although human losses are seldom recorded.

Turkey currently maintains a small number of military commandos in northern Iraq, in a strip near its border, to fight against the outlaw’s rear positions. Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The PKK, considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, has the support of some Iraqi Kurdish factions, but not the support of the authorities of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iraq has repeatedly called for the end of the Turkish incursions and has demanded cooperation to guarantee security on its border with Turkey, where tension remains high due to the presence of Kurdish guerrillas who are also persecuted by Ankara in neighboring nations such as Syria.

This Sunday’s attack comes on the same day that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al Kazemi, has emerged unscathed from an assassination attempt used with an explosive drone that was aimed at his residence in Baghdad.

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