As U.S.-Iran tension simmers, rocket fired near Iraq’s U.S. Embassy
2019-05-20 00:00:00 - Source: Iraq Oil Report
Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein report for Reuters:
A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, on Sunday night, falling near the U.S. Embassy but causing no casualties, the Iraqi military said.
The attack came two weeks after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iraqi leaders during a surprise visit to Baghdad that if they failed to keep in check Iran-backed militias, which are expanding their power in Iraq and now form part of its security apparatus, the United States would respond with force.
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