worldUpdated: Aug 31, 2020 10:19 ISTTwo Katyusha rockets fell near Baghdad airport on Sunday but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said, the third such attack on sensitive sites in the capital this week. On Saturday, a rocket fell inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, while three others landed there on Thursday. Those attacks also caused no casualties. Iraq, often the scene of spillover violence from US-Iran tensions, seeks to avoid being drawn into any regional conflagration. The Middle East came close to a large conflict in January after a US drone strike killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at Baghdad airport.

Source: Hindustan Times August 31, 2020 04:50 UTC