Baghdad, July 1 -- Two rockets hit an airbase area late yesterday in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk without causing casualties, the official Iraqi News Agency reported.

The agency quoted a senior security source saying that two Katyusha rockets were fired at the Kirkuk airbase. One rocket landed between the first and second runways of the airbase, while the other struck a residential house nearby.

"The attack caused no casualties or damage," the source confirmed, adding that no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

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