Official sources informed GLM this Friday that two missiles crashed into the International Airport Baghdad, Iraq. The shells caused damage to a airplane that was parked and on the runway, without causing casualties or disrupting air traffic.

A total of six missiles were launched at the airport and four were shot down, according to the source who requested anonymity, adding that the attack only caused material damage.

The plane was out of service and belongs to the national airline Iraqi Airways, said the source about the attack launched this morning, which has not been claimed so far.

A source from the airport information office told GLM that the facilities have not been closed and that air traffic has not been affected by the impact of these missiles.

Baghdad airport has been the scene of drone and missile attacks on several occasions, especially against a base with a US presence of the international anti-jihadist coalition that is located on the perimeter.

At the beginning of this month, coinciding with the second anniversary of the assassination of the Iranian general, Qasem Soleimaní, and the number two of the pro-government armed group Popular Crowd, Abu Mahdi al Mohandes, in a selective US attack on the capital of Iraq, a base near the airport where coalition troops were present was the target of at least two attacks.

Although these attacks are not usually claimed and their authors are not captured, they are usually attributed to the pro-Iranian Shiite militias operating in Iraq, who demand the total withdrawal of foreign troops from the country.

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