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Three rockets fall near US Embassy in Baghdad

By Madison Dibble
Published January 5, 2020 8:43pm ET
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Three rockets fall near US Embassy in Baghdad
Several Katyusha rockets landed in the Green Zone surrounding the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Sunday. The Green Zone, which is a fortified buffer surrounding the embassy, was hit with three blasts, according to Reuters. Alarms sounded ahead of the explosions, and no casualties were immediately reported. The reported blasts followed a week of escalated […]

Several Katyusha rockets landed in the Green Zone surrounding the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Sunday.

The Green Zone, which is a fortified buffer surrounding the embassy, was hit with three blasts, according to Reuters. Alarms sounded ahead of the explosions, and no casualties were immediately reported. The reported blasts followed a week of escalated tensions after President Trump ordered a drone strike killing Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

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