Eight others injured in blast that is expected to bring first serious test of Joe Biden’s Iran policy

A rocket attack on a US airbase in the Kurdish region of Iraq has killed one civilian contractor and injured eight other people in the first serious test of Joe Biden’s Iran policy.

A volley of approximately 14 rockets was launched at the base near the main city of Erbil’s airport late on Monday, which witnesses told local television appeared to come from the south.

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