Iraq's air defence systems intercept rocket targeting US Embassy in Baghdad

Jul 05, 2020

Baghdad [Iraq], July 5 : The air defence systems in Iraq have intercepted a rocket targeting the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Al Arabiya reported that a patriot battery system had responded to the rocket but could not intercept it far enough and, hence, fell within the Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

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