OREANDA-NEWS. Arab media reported on March 17 that unknown people launched several missiles at the military base Basmaya located south of Baghdad.

The base hosts the Spanish military, participating in operations against the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. In addition, there are military instructors of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. There is still no information about destruction or victims.

This is the third missile attack in recent days on Iraqi military bases at which foreign military personnel is deployed. Last week, three servicemen from the US-led coalition were killed during shelling on the base Camp Taji. American troops struck on an Iraqi paramilitary group which allegedly carried out the attack.