Iraq rocket attack: oil firms begin evacuating staff from Basra site
by Bethan McKernan and agencies from on (#4HFNS)
Three people injured in strike on compound housing Shell, ExxonMobil and Eni
Three people have been injured after a rocket hit a compound housing several international oil companies, including the US multinational ExxonMobil, near Basra, Iraq, officials have said.
A short-range Katyusha rocket struck the Burjesia residential and operations headquarters west of the city in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the Iraqi military. The wounded are all Iraqi nationals.
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