Rocket hits Baghdad's Green Zone in first such incident for new PM
The rocket reportedly landed near the US Embassy and caused little damage.
A rocket landed near the US Embassy in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone early this morning, according to Iraqi security officials. It was the first such attack since Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office May 7.
The rocket caused little damage, Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a statement.
“A Katyusha rocket fell on one of the empty houses within the Green Zone in Baghdad,” the cell — a security body controlled by the prime minister — said on Twitter. “The hit resulted in little damage to the home.”
The rocket was fired from the Idrissi neighborhood on the other side of the Tigris River from the Green Zone, according to the Security Media Cell. An Iraqi official told The Associated Press that it hit near the US Embassy.
