BAGHDAD: The area around Baghdad's international airport was shelled on Monday, with two dozen projectiles exploding within its secured perimeter, witnesses and security officials said.
A witness who lives near the airport heard about twenty explosions that a security source said was a bombardment targeting the airport.
It was not clear if any of the airport's facilities were hit and whether rockets or mortar fire were used in the shelling.
A witness who lives near the airport heard about twenty explosions that a security source said was a bombardment targeting the airport.
It was not clear if any of the airport's facilities were hit and whether rockets or mortar fire were used in the shelling.
© Thomson Reuters 2016
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