Missile targets Green Zone in Baghdad

A missile attack this evening targeted the Green Zone in Baghdad, where several government headquarters and diplomatic missions are located, most notably the US embassy.

Missile targets Green Zone in Baghdad
16 September, 2020   15:11
 NEWS DESK 

The Iraqi News Agency quoted the Security Media Cell as confirming the fall of a Katyusha missile inside the Green Zone, "adding that the missile was launched from the Amel neighborhood.

She explained that the missile, a type of "Katyusha", fell on an apartment building in the Al-Qadisiyah residential complex, adding that no damage or losses were recorded as a result of the attack.

This attack comes after the British embassy and Iraqi officials said yesterday that a roadside bomb targeted British diplomatic vehicles in Baghdad.

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