Video: Missile attack targets US Embassy in Baghdad

SANAA, Nov. 18 (YPA) – Several rockets were fired Tuesday evening towards the heavily fortified Green Zone, housing US embassy in Baghdad, a security source in the said.

The Iraqi army said, in a statement, that four rockets landed inside Baghdad’s Green Zone.

The rockets were fired from the 1,000-dar area of New Baghdad, the statement said.

The statement has not reported any casualties.

Journalists in central Baghdad reportedly heard loud explosions as rockets were intercepted by the C-RAM air defense system installed by the US earlier this year.

Journalists and activists posted videos on Twitter documenting the moment of the attack.

Rockets targeting the Greenzone (vicinity of the U.S Embassy, waiting on official statement regarding impacted spots) #Baghdad pic.twitter.com/orpYXsNGR5

— Steven Nabil (@thestevennabil) November 17, 2020

US troops invaded Iraq in 2003 and left in 2011 but returned in 2014 after the Islamic State group overran large parts of Iraq.

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