Member of the Iraqi federal police forces stand guard at a checkpoint in a street in the capital Baghdad on Jan 29, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP)
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi security forces Thursday launched an investigation into a rocket attack at dawn in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said.
The security forces are investigating a Katyusha rocket that landed near al-Rahman Mosque in Mansour neighborhood in western Baghdad without causing casualties, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement.
The security forces are investigating a Katyusha rocket that landed near al-Rahman Mosque in Mansour neighborhood in western Baghdad without causing casualties, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement
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The rocket was fired from an area in eastern Baghdad at 4:20 am (0120 GMT), the statement said.
Meanwhile, a security source with the Interior Ministry told Xinhua that three rockets targeted the Green Zone at dawn without casualties.
The heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses some main Iraqi government offices and the U.S. embassy, has frequently been targeted by insurgent mortar and rocket attacks. The zone of roughly 10 square km is located on the western bank of the Tigris River, which bisects the Iraqi capital.
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Thursday's attack came after Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and US President Joe Biden agreed on Monday to withdraw all US combat troops from Iraq by the end of the year while continuing to train and assist Iraqi forces.