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Drone Attack on US Base Foiled, Iraqi Security Sources Say 

A picture obtained from a senior coalition official shows the remains of two armed drones at the site where the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq said it shot down two drones at Baghdad airport, Jan. 3, 2022. (Photo by handout/AFP)
A picture obtained from a senior coalition official shows the remains of two armed drones at the site where the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq said it shot down two drones at Baghdad airport, Jan. 3, 2022. (Photo by handout/AFP)
BAGHDAD — 

Two armed drones were shot down on Monday as they approached an Iraqi military base hosting U.S. forces near Baghdad's international airport, Iraqi security sources said, reporting no casualties.

The attack came as Iran and its allies in Iraq marked the second anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Soleimani was killed in a drone strike near Baghdad airport ordered by then-U.S. president Donald Trump.

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