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Rockets hit Baghdad airport compound, civilian plane damaged

January 28, 2022

BAGHDAD — Several rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent US air base on Friday, damaging at least one disused civilian aeroplane, Iraqi police sources said.



The police sources did not report any other damage or any injuries. The damaged aircraft was an out-of-use Iraqi Airways plane, they said.



Iraq's state news agency reported, citing the country's aviation authority, that there was no disruption to travel. — Agencies


January 28, 2022
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