Tag Archives: Green Zone

Two rockets have hit near the US embassy in the high-security Green Zone in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, a security source says. The Green Zone is one of the world’s most high-security international quarters. Located in the center of the Iraqi capital, it houses the parliament, the prime minister’s office, …

Iraq’s Armed Forces opened an investigation this Monday to determine the origin and perpetrators of a rocket bombing that hit the Baghdad Green Zone, where embassies and government offices reside. A report shows that at least five Katyusha-type projectiles hit the site and four of them within the US diplomatic …

Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi on Tuesday denounced an earlier rocket attack in the vicinity of the US Embassy in Baghdad’s highly fortified Green Zone. In the early hours today, three Katyusha rockets were again fired at the Green Zone. Sirens at the US Embassy reportedly went off …

An explosion has rocked Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located. Some reports indicate that a rocket was fired, targeting the area. An unguided (‘Katyusha’) rocket landed inside the Green Zone, Reuters said, citing police sources. There have been no reported casualties so far. Some accounts …

Footage has emerged showing US military aircraft dropping off as many as 100 marines to the American Embassy compound in Baghdad amid angry protests outside the diplomatic mission against the recent bloody air raids that targeted the positions of Iraq’s popular forces. The video released by the US Department of …

US Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert for its citizens in Iraq, asking them to avoid approaching the embassy where Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) supporters are gathering. The alert comes hours after hundreds of pro-Iran Hashd al-Shaabi members and supporters attempted to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone, …

The United States’ Embassy in Baghdad has been evacuated after thousands of angry Iraqi demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the compound to condemn Washington’s fatal military aggression that targeted Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Also on Tuesday, Iraqis held a massive funeral procession in the capital Baghdad for the …

Four people were killed and 48 wounded early on Thursday when Iraqi security forces shot live fire and tear gas canisters at protesters near two key bridges in Baghdad, security and medical sources said. The cause of death was live fire and tear gas canisters aimed directly at the head, …

The security authorities in the Iraqi capital closed Bab Al-Muaatham Bridge today to become the fifth bridge to be out of service. The security forces have already closed al-Jumhuriya, al-Senak,al-Ahrar and al-Shuhada bridges to prevent the demonstrators from reaching the Green Zone, which houses the headquarters of the Iraqi government, …

Officials in the Iraqi capital have ordered to lift curfew previously imposed in Baghdad, security sources confirmed. Commander of the Joint Operation Command in Baghdad, Major General Qais al-Mohammadawi announced the decision late on Tuesday. He said the lift of curfew came after the cooperation between security forces and the …

A spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces, Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf, yesterday warned that the Jumhuriya Bridge in Baghdad may collapse as a result of arson attacks and the damage caused to its rubber joints. The Jumhuriya Bridge is a crossing that links Tahrir Square to the heavily fortified …

Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah, a major pro-government resistance group, says a rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone Sunday night is “unacceptable” and against the country’s national interests. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack which came in the wake of back-to-back sudden decisions taken by the US recently, including its …