Iraq: 5 rockets hit close to US embassy in Baghdad, no casualty reported
Safety forces mentioned no less than 5 Katyusha rockets fell close to the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. No casualty has been reported up to now.
Inexperienced Zone, the place the rockets hit on Sunday, is in Central Baghdad the place executive structures and diplomatic amenities are positioned. (Rep Symbol: Reuters)
In an unclaimed assault at the American installations in Iraq, various rockets fell close to the US embassy in Baghdad on Sunday, safety assets mentioned. They added that no less than 5 Katyusha rockets fell close to america embassy within the Iraqi capital. No casualty were reported up to now.
Excluding america embassy, another overseas diplomatic missions are positioned within the house the place the assault came about on Sunday. In step with the safety assets, 3 rockets hit close to the high-security compound. Any other mentioned as many as 5 struck the realm.
In a remark, Iraq’s safety forces mentioned 5 rockets hit the high-security Inexperienced Zone in Baghdad. The safety forces’ remark didn’t point out the US embassy.
Inexperienced Zone is in Central Baghdad, the place executive structures and diplomatic amenities are positioned. Significantly, the Iraqi Parliament may be positioned in the similar house.
The rocket hearth comes two days after hundreds massed in Baghdad in accordance with a decision by way of populist cleric Moqtada Sadr for a rally to call for the ouster of america troops from Iraq.
The assault has come a couple of days after 3 rockets hit close to america embassy in Baghdad’s high-security Inexperienced Zone.
The improvement comes within the wake of escalated tensions within the area following america killing of Iranian Normal Qassem Soleimani in Iraq previous this month. Qasem Soleimani, the pinnacle of Iran’s Progressive Guards’ elite Quds Power, was once killed in a US drone strike ordered by way of US President Donald Trump at Baghdad Global Airport on January three.
After the dying of Normal Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s very best chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed “serious revenge” after the US killed Normal Qassem Soleimani, the manager of Iran’s elite Quds Power, in an airstrike on the Baghdad airport on Friday.
“With him long gone, God keen, his paintings and his trail may not be stopped, however serious revenge awaits the criminals who bloodied their foul arms along with his blood and different martyrs’ in ultimate night time’s incident. All enemies must know that the jihad of resistance will proceed with a doubled motivation, and a certain victory awaits the combatants within the holy struggle,” Khamenei mentioned in a remark telecast by way of the state TV.
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