The US-led coalition in Iraq is due Saturday to hand over to Iraq some $5 million in facilities and equipment and a base south of Baghdad, where some 50,000 Iraqis have been reportedly trained.

The formal handover of the Besmaya Range Complex follows the coalition’s relinquishment this spring of several smaller bases in the country.

Iraq will take over millions of dollars’ worth of enhanced weapons, ranges and mock urban villages at Besmaya, Maj. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve deputy commander, said in a videoconference from Baghdad with Pentagon reporters earlier this week.

Spain has led training at the complex since 2015, providing instruction in skills such as marksmanship, urban combat, and fighting in tunnels and caves.

The move on Saturday comes after four Katyusha rockets struck the base on Friday.

The attack on Besmaya base on Friday afternoon caused no casualties, Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a statement.

The rockets, which were launched from the al-Dainiyah area in Diyala province, caused some material damage to the base, the military said.

Source: Agencies