BAGHDAD, June 11 (NNN-NINA) – Two Katyusha rockets were fired, on Wednesday, at the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, said a source from the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
The attack took place before midnight, when the two rockets landed in the Green Zone, which houses some of the main Iraqi government offices and the U.S. embassy, the source said.
There were no immediate reports about casualties, but sirens were heard in the zone, the source said.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, as the military bases housing U.S. troops across Iraq and the U.S. embassy have been frequently targeted by mortar and rocket attacks.
The attack came as Iraqi officials are preparing for a round of strategic dialogue with the U.S. today, to discuss relations between Baghdad and Washington, as well as, the future of U.S. forces in Iraq.
Iraqi-U.S. relations witnessed a tension since Jan 3, when a U.S. drone struck a convoy at Baghdad airport, which killed Qassem Soleimani, former commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of Iraq’s paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces.
The U.S. airstrike prompted the Iraqi parliament on Jan 5, to pass a resolution requiring the government to end the presence of foreign forces in the country.– NNN-NINA
