#BREAKING Multiple blasts heard in GreenZone, central #Baghdad.
Two Katyusha rockets fell near #US embassy in central Baghdad. embassy’s sirens heard.
No casualties reported so far say the Army. There were no casualities, according to the statement from Iraq's military.
Iraq's military said that two Katyusha rockets fell inside the Green Zone, the section that contains the U.S. Embassy, other embassies of western nations and foreign businesses, according to Reuters.
The White House and Pentagon had no immediate comment.
The rockets were fired several hours after President Donald Trump declared that Iran appeared to be standing down from the U.S. — remarks that sent stock indices surging higher.
On Tuesday night eastern time, Iran fired missile attacks against two Iraqi bases that house U.S. military and coalition forces.
The barrage was retaliation for the killing a week earlier of Iran's top military leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in an U.S. airstrike in Baghdad.
Trump on Wednesday defended the decision to target Soleimani, who has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Americans in the Middle East.
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