BAGHDAD, Aug 12 (NNN-NINA) – A Katyusha rocket landed on Tuesday night, in the heavily fortified Green Zone, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, without causing casualties, the Iraqi military said.
The attack took place in the evening, when a rocket fired from the abandoned military base of al-Rashid, in southeastern Baghdad, landed near the suspension bridge in the zone, which houses some of the main Iraqi government offices and the U.S. embassy, the media office of the Joint Operations Command said in a statement.
Iraqi security forces seized another rocket, set for firing in the same launch area, the statement said.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, as the military bases housing U.S. troops across Iraq and the U.S. embassy have been frequently targeted by mortar and rocket attacks.
More than 5,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Iraq to support the Iraqi forces in the battles against the Daesh militants, mainly for training and advisory purposes.
