Two rockets hit Iraqi capital’s Green Zone — security sources

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The Times Of Israel

Incident occurs 24 hours after Iran fired ballistic missiles at bases housing US forces, as Washington-Tehran tensions soar.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two rockets crashed late Wednesday into the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone, the high-security enclave where foreign embassies including the US mission are based, security sources told AFP, as tensions between the US and Iran remained high.

Just before midnight, AFP correspondents in Baghdad heard two loud blasts followed by the wailing security sirens of the Green Zone.

 

The attack pointed to lingering hostilities even as Washington and Tehran appeared to step back from a direct confrontation following a US drone strike that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis last week.

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