Baghdad, SAEDNEWS, Dec. 21: An Iraqi security official said that the Green Zone, in central Baghdad was targeted by several rockets fired, but the air defense systems in Iraq have intercepted the rockets.The rockets hit a residential complex inside the Green Zone, damaging buildings and cars but causing no casualties, a military statement said.
Sirens blared from the embassy compound inside the zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions. An anti-rocket system diverted one of the rockets, said one security official whose office is inside the Green Zone.
A media outlet close to the Iraqi resistance has reported 11 rockets had hit the US embassy in Baghdad so far (Source: IranPress).