translated from Spanish: Eight rockets hit Iraqi base housing Us soldiers

Almost all U.S. troops have already left this base in Balad, following escalating tensions between the United States and Iran on Iraqi territory. “There are only a fortnight left but a fortnight of American soldiers and one plane in Balad,” an Iraqi military source told the AFP. Responsible for the Iraqi security services had previously indicated to the AFP that 90% of the U.S. contractors deployed at the base were evacuated.
Since late October, dozens of rockets have been launched at Iraqi bases used by U.S. soldiers. In one of these attacks, an American contractor was killed on December 27, and Washington accused pro-Iran Iraqi factions of it.
Second US-based missile attack in Iraq
In retaliation, on December 29, the United States bombed Iraqi bases on the Syrian border, killing 25 Hashd al-Shaabi fighters, a coalition of pro-Iran paramilitaries that is part of the Iraqi army. Following that move, the escalation reached an unprecedented level, when the US president ordered Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and Number Two of the Hashd, Abu Mehdi al Muhandis, to be killed with a drone on 3 January.
Iran responded on January 8 by firing 22 ballistic missiles at the Iraqi airbase of Ain al-Asad (west), which houses U.S. troops, without causing casualties.  Since then, rocket fire at U.S. targets – including the embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone – has resumed almost daily. Politically, the Iraqi Parliament voted to expel foreign troops from the country.

Original source in Spanish