Baghdad: Two rockets were fired towards the fortified 'Green Zone' in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, less than a mile away from the US embassy building, media reports said.
An air-raid siren sounded at the US embassy in Baghdad.
No casualties have been reported so far.
Two checkpoints in the 'Green Zone' have been closed.
In August, over a dozen people were injured as a result of munitions explosions in the area.
The 'Green Zone' in Baghdad is a heavily fortified area in the centre of the Iraqi capital, where government agencies and foreign diplomatic missions are located.
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