Rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad ahead of anniversary of Soleimani killing - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Dec 21, 2020

A member of the Iraqi security forces inspects the damage outside the Zawraa park in the capital Baghdad on November 18, 2020, after volley of rockets slammed into the Iraqi capital breaking a month-long truce on attacks against the US embassy. - According to the Iraqi military, four of the rockets landed in the high-security Green Zone, where the US embassy and other foreign missions are based. Another three rockets also hit other parts of Baghdad, killing one girl and wounding five civilians. All seven r — A member of the Iraqi security forces inspects the damage outside Zawraa park after volley of rockets slammed into the Iraqi capital breaking a monthlong truce on attacks against the US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2020. — Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

A barrage of Katyusha rockets rained down near the US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Sunday in the latest attack which the United States has blamed on Iran-backed militias.

The US State Department said at least one Iraqi civilian was injured as a result of strikes and that the embassy suffered minor damage. Iraq’s military blamed “an outlawed group” for the attack.

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A member of the Iraqi security forces inspects the damage outside the Zawraa park in the capital Baghdad on November 18, 2020, after volley of rockets slammed into the Iraqi capital breaking a month-long truce on attacks against the US embassy. - According to the Iraqi military, four of the rockets landed in the high-security Green Zone, where the US embassy and other foreign missions are based. Another three rockets also hit other parts of Baghdad, killing one girl and wounding five civilians. All seven r

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