The attack comes after Iran fired a number of missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US troops Wednesday.
A mock US flag is laid on the ground for cars to drive on in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)
Baghdad: Two rockets fell in Baghdad's Green Zone on Thursday, Sputnik reported citing local media.
Casualties have not been reported so far. The Green Zone houses government buildings and foreign missions.
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The new attack comes after Iran fired a number of missiles at two Iraqi bases housing US troops Wednesday local time in retaliation for the American strike that killed military general Qaseem Soleimani last week in a Pentagon-ordered airstrike near Baghdad International Airport.
In the immediate aftermath of Soleimani's killing, Trump repeatedly stressed that the deadly drone strike was meant to reduce violence.
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