Two rockets have fallen inside Baghdad's green zone, where the US embassy is located.
Two large blasts were heard, followed by sirens on Wednesday night in the Iraqi capital, Reuters witnesses said.
Reports just now of two rockets fired against the Green Zone in Baghdad, where the U.S. embassy is located. This has become fairly commonplace, but everyone's watching now in case of a further escalation.
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) January 8, 2020
BREAKING: Rocket fire into Baghdad’s Green Zone pic.twitter.com/HaPcDaF22Z
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) January 8, 2020
لحظة سماع صافرات الإنذار تدوي في المنطقة الخضراء وسط بغداد بعد سقوط صواريخ في منطقة غير مأهولة قيل إنها كانت تستهدف السفارة الأمريكية#إرم_نيوز #العراق #إيران #iran pic.twitter.com/5pa0c3fq4Q
— Erem News - إرم نيوز (@EremNews) January 8, 2020
The Iraqi military has confirmed the rockets fell inside the green zone.
"Two Katyusha rockets landed inside the Green Zone without causing casualties," it said in a statement.
Local news site Erem News reports one of the missiles landed 100 metres from the US embassy.
The Iraqi military says two rockets have fallen inside Baghdad's green zone. No reports of casualties.
— Cleo Fraser (@CleoFraser) January 8, 2020
The news follows a tense day yesterday as Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two bases housing US military personnel in Iraq.
The attack was retaliation for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who died in a US strike last week.
US President Donald Trump confirmed there were no casualties during Wednesday's attack.
