Rocket strikes Baghdad’s Green Zone

A rocket hit the Green Zone in central Baghdad Sunday night. The highly fortified center that houses Iraqi government offices and many foreign embassies, including the United States'. Residents of the Green Zone and surrounding areas heard the explosion followed by warning sirens and the deployment of security forces in several suburbs surrounding the area.

“A Katyusha rocket fell in the middle of the Green Zone without causing any losses,” reported the Iraqi Security Media Center. It landed near the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, about half a kilometer (0.3 miles) from the US Embassy. A spokesman of the US State of Department confirmed that a “low-grade” rocket landed in the international zone near the US Embassy with no causalities.