Selepas serangan peluru berpandu yang dilancarkan daripada Iran semalam, satu lagi serangan dilaporkan telah berlaku menghala ke Baghdad.
Menurut laporan media antarabangsa, dua siri letupan kedengaran pada lewat malam Rabu waktu tempatan.
Memetik daripada sumber keselamatan, Agence France-Presse telah melaporkan bahawa dua roket telah meledak sehingga menyebabkan kebakaran dan letupan di kawasan ‘Green Zone’ yang dipenuhi bangunan kerajaan dan kedutaan asing.
Menurut sumber yang lain, salah satu daripada roket terbabit meletup berhampiran kedutaan AS. Walau bagaimanapun, sehingga kini tiada lagi kecederaan yang dilaporkan.
Two Katyusha rockets fell near #US embassy in central Baghdad. embassy’s sirens heard. pic.twitter.com/vNvz6cXT2f
— Barzan Sadiq (@BarzanSadiq) January 8, 2020
BREAKING: Explosions heard in Baghdad
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) January 8, 2020
BREAKING: Siren heard at the US embassy in Baghdad amid reports of rocket attack
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) January 8, 2020
Iraqi military says in a statement that two Katyusha rockets fell inside the Green Zone causing no casualties. Police sources tell Reuters at least one rocket landed close to the U.S. embassy.
— Ahmed Aboulenein (@aaboulenein) January 8, 2020
#BREAKING: Two rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone.
Reuters reporting one hit near American embassy.
Here we go again…#IranAttacks #Iraq— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) January 8, 2020
BREAKING: Rocket fire into Baghdad’s Green Zone pic.twitter.com/HaPcDaF22Z
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) January 8, 2020
BREAKING: Blasts heard in central Baghdad#IranvsUSA pic.twitter.com/ocmlZVg7AM
— STOP BULLYING ISRAEL (@StopBullyingIsr) January 8, 2020
Sumber: Washington Times / Barzan Sadiq