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Reports of ‘multiple’ rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad, sounds of explosions Rockets fired at Baghdad's Green Zone, US-led coalition military base reported hit
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The US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, reportedly came under rocket fire, and several blasts have been heard at the Green Zone, hosting diplomatic compounds, according to reports on Arab media. The area near the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, reportedly came under rocket fire, and several blasts have been heard at the Green Zone, hosting diplomatic compounds and the US-led coalition base.
The explosions reportedly rocked the US-led coalition military base in the city, located just outside the embassy, Reuters reported, citing a US military source.
Footage has emerged online purportedly showing a black pillar of smoke billowing from the neighborhood of Zayouna in eastern Baghdad in wake of the reports that several missiles targeted the Green Zone area. Union III, the coalition base which sits across the street from the diplomatic compound, reportedly was the exact target of the rocket fire.
It is unclear if the apparent attack led to any casualties or damage to the facility.
Early reports indicated that at least four blasts struck the area, prompting rocket alarms to be activated.
Multiple videos have been circulated online with air raid sirens blaring in the Iraqi capital early Sunday morning local time.
“Sirens went on and Jets are flying over the area,” Mustafa Salim, Baghdad-based reporter for the Washington Post, tweeted.
Footage has also emerged online purportedly showing a black pillar of smoke billowing from the neighborhood of Zayouna in eastern Baghdad in wake of the reports that several missiles targeted the Green Zone area.
There have been unconfirmed reports that the smoke was rising near the HQ of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-sponsored umbrella group of over 40 militias.There have been unconfirmed reports that the smoke was rising near the HQ of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a state-sponsored umbrella group of over 40 militias.
It’s unclear if the PMF offices have been hit.It’s unclear if the PMF offices have been hit.
A least four blasts reportedly rocked the area in the vicinity of the US embassy, prompting rocket alarms to be activated.
Multiple videos have been circulated online with air raid sirens blaring in the Iraqi capital early Sunday morning local time.
“Sirens went on and Jets are flying over the area,” Mustafa Salim, Baghdad-based reporter for the Washington Post, tweeted.
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