Iraq’s ministry of defense said in a statement on Tuesday that the US’ Ain Assad air base came under a rocket attack. at least five rocket rounds landed near the air base located in the province of Anbar. No casualties were reported, however, minor damage was caused to some of vehicles.
The Baghdad-appointed mayor of Tuz Khurmatu has reportedly gone missing, while an arrest warrant from Iraq’s integrity commission had been issued for him for alleged cases of corruption. The mayor had asked the Salahaddin governor for a few days off, but that he has not come back to the office since then. The head of the local administration of Slemangbag is now managing the administrative work at the mayor’s office.
The 16-year-old Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she will continue to “put pressure on people in power,” after completing her journey across the Atlantic Ocean for the COP25 conference in Madrid. Thunberg arrived in Lisbon after nearly three weeks at sea, before giving a press conference at the port alongside youth activists and crew members.
