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Blasts Heard in Baghdad Amid Reports of Rockets Landing in US Embassy
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19:52 04.01.2020(updated 20:26 04.01.2020)Get short URL
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Tensions are running high in the Middle East as Iran promised a decisive retaliation against the United States following the killing of Iranian top military official Qasem Soleimani.
A rocket has exploded inside the Green Zone in the Iraqi capital Baghdad near the US Embassy, local security sources reported. According to the information, there was no immediate data on the number of casualties.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that two more Katyusha rockets hit the country's Balad Air Base where US forces are stationed. There are no immediate reports of casualties.
Reuters previously cited the local police as saying that a Katyusha rocket landed inside the Green Zone near the US Embassy. The news agency previously cited witnesses as saying that two explosions were heard in the Iraqi capital, but it was not immediately clear what caused them.
Earlier, a BBC correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard wrote in her Twitter that the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad had come under missile attack.
Sky News Arabia reported that a missile hit the Green Zone and blocked the entrance to the road leading to the embassy.
US helicopters were seen in the sky over Baghdad soon after the blasts were heard.
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@waz @The Eagle eagle @Starlord @Imran Khan
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19:52 04.01.2020(updated 20:26 04.01.2020)Get short URL
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Tensions are running high in the Middle East as Iran promised a decisive retaliation against the United States following the killing of Iranian top military official Qasem Soleimani.
A rocket has exploded inside the Green Zone in the Iraqi capital Baghdad near the US Embassy, local security sources reported. According to the information, there was no immediate data on the number of casualties.
Meanwhile, Reuters reported that two more Katyusha rockets hit the country's Balad Air Base where US forces are stationed. There are no immediate reports of casualties.
Reuters previously cited the local police as saying that a Katyusha rocket landed inside the Green Zone near the US Embassy. The news agency previously cited witnesses as saying that two explosions were heard in the Iraqi capital, but it was not immediately clear what caused them.
Earlier, a BBC correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard wrote in her Twitter that the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad had come under missile attack.
Sky News Arabia reported that a missile hit the Green Zone and blocked the entrance to the road leading to the embassy.
US helicopters were seen in the sky over Baghdad soon after the blasts were heard.
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@waz @The Eagle eagle @Starlord @Imran Khan
