Drone targets Iraq's Taji military base, no casualties, state news agency says
CAIRO, June 24 (Reuters) - An unidentified drone targeted a site at Iraq's Taji military base north of Baghdad, the Iraqi state news agency reported early on Tuesday, citing a military official.
There were no casualties, the official said.
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