IRBIL, Iraq – A series of explosions were heard near a military base hosting U.S. forces in northern Iraq, hours after the U.S. military said it had wrapped up its 13th night of strikes against Iran.

An Associated Press journalist heard at least seven blasts around 9:30 a.m. local time in the city of Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, and observed at least four plumes of black smoke rising into the sky from areas near or inside a base at the city’s airport.

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