Two rockets landed inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, home of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Iraqi military.
The Iraqi joint military command told CNN in Baghdad that "two Katyusha rockets landed inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. No reports of casualties." The incident took place just after midnight local time.
In response to the Iranian attack, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it appeared the Islamic Republic "appeared to be standing down," but three U.S. officials told CNN that the U.S. currently assess that Iranian proxy forces in the region are still a threat. The Green Zone is an area of Iraq's capital city where the embassies for the U.S. and several other western countries are located. It was initially carved out of central Baghdad by U.S.-led forces after their invasion of Iraq in 2003 and is largely viewed as a safe location, despite frequently being the target of rocket attacks.
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