Multiple rockets fall near US embassy in Baghdad
Saturday 04/January/2020 - 08:36 PM
Several rockets fell on Saturday near the United
States embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone which houses
government buildings and foreign missions but caused no casualties, the Iraqi
military said, adding that there were no deaths.
The rockets fell inside the Green Zone’s
Celebrations Square, near the US embassy.
Sirens immediately rang out at the American compound
in the area hosting both diplomats and troops, according to sources.
In another incident, a mortar fell in Baghdad’s Jadriya
neighborhood wounding five people.
“Several rockets targeting Celebration Square and
the Jadriya area in Baghdad, and the Balad air base in Salahuddin province,
with no loss of life. Further details to come,” the military said in a
statement.
