Security Alert: Rockets Strike U.S.-Led Coalition Base Ahead of Iranian President’s Historic Iraq Visit
Baghdad, Iraq – Late Tuesday night, an explosion resounded through the Baghdad International Airport where a U.S.-led coalition military base is located, just hours before the expected arrival of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. This marked his first international visit since he assumed office in July. Major General Tahseen Al Khafaji of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command reported on the social media platform X that the blast occurred at 2300 hours local time (8 p.m. GMT) …