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Reports of rockets fired at Green Zone in Baghdad

By Zach Halaschak

Published January 8, 2020 9:22pm ET

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Reports of rockets fired at Green Zone in Baghdad — Iraqi security forces remove cement blocks and open the streets, that were closed for security concerns, around the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Iran-backed militiamen have withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad after two days of clashes with U.S. security forces. | (Nasser Nasser/AP)

Loud explosions believed to be from rockets fired at the Green Zone in Baghdad erupted a day after Iran launched missiles at two bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops.

There are reports that at least two projectiles were fired toward the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, late Wednesday night local time.

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