<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq today, two of which landed inside the facility, the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A Turkish security source said the attack had caused no damage and there were no casualties in the base, without going into further detail.</div><div><br></div><div>An Iraqi security source who declined to be identified said an Iraqi contractor in the base had been wounded.</div><div><br></div><div>No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the early hours on the Zilkan base, which hosts Turkish troops in Ninevah province of northern Iraq.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey has been carrying out operations in Iraq for decades against the Kurdistan Workers Party, which has bases in the region. It is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the US, and the European Union.</div><div><br></div><div>The group launched an insurgency in southeast Turkey in 1984 in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>