Baghdad: Iraq's military on Thursday said that at least two rockets hit inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of government and home to the American Embassy, in the first attack following a brief lull in violence from earlier this month.
Iraqi officials also said that the US renewed a sanctions waiver enabling the country to import crucial Iranian gas and electricity, but with a shorter deadline.
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The two projectiles struck near the Baghdad Operations Command, which coordinates Iraq's police and military forces, the statement said. The command centre is a few hundred meters (yards) away from the US Embassy, which is a regular target of rocket attacks.
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There were no casualties, said an Iraqi security official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
The attack occurred as a state-imposed curfew to contain the spread of the new coronavirus was extended for a second time effective until April 11, according to a cabinet statement.
The statement said that the rockets were launched from the al-Nahda area of Baghdad.
It was the latest rocket attack to strike the Green Zone since three rockets hit an area near the embassy last Tuesday. That attack was the fourth to target US interests in Iraq in a week following assaults on the Basmaya training camp and two separate attacks on Camp Taji. Both bases are near the Iraqi capital.
AP
