Two rockets fired near US Embassy in Baghdad and three more fired at airbase housing American troops in 'simultaneous attacks'

  • At least two rockets have been fired near the US Embassy in Baghdad
  • Another three rockets were fired at Balad Airbase housing US troops, about 50 miles north of the city  
  • A number of rockets also landed in the Al-Jadiriya neighborhood, according to the Iraq Army, although it is not clear if that was the intended target 
  • There have been no reports of injuries 

Rockets have been fired near the US Embassy in Baghdad and a military airbase housing American troops. 

At least two rockets landed near the embassy, which is located in the security-tight Green Zone, according to Sky News Arabia. 

It also reported that security at the embassy's perimeter was stepped up after the rockets fell.  Earlier this week, pro-Iran protesters stormed the US embassy in a siege that lasted just over a day.

Another three rockets were fired at Balad Airbase housing American troops, about 50 miles north of the city, according to Reuters.   

Of those, two Katyusha rockets fell inside the base. It's not clear how many US troops are being house at the base. 

A number of rockets also landed in the Al-Jadiriya neighborhood, according to the Iraq Army, although it is not clear if that was the intended target.  

There have been no reports of injuries and it is not clear who fired the rockets.

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad after it was stormed by pro-Iran protesters earlier in the week

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad after it was stormed by pro-Iran protesters earlier in the week

Multiple rockets landed near the US embassy in Baghdad tonight. Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the US embassy on January 2

The US embassy siege by pro-Iran protesters in Baghdad lasted just over a day

Members of Iraqi Shiite 'Popular Mobilization Forces' armed group and their supporters set fire outside the U.S embassy inside the high security Green Zone area, in central Baghdad on January 1

Members of Iraqi Shiite 'Popular Mobilization Forces' armed group and their supporters set fire outside the U.S embassy inside the high security Green Zone area, in central Baghdad on January 1

On Friday, local time, an airstrike killed Iran general Qassem Soleimani - an act for which the country's president Rhouhani has chillingly promised to exact revenge.

The strike was ordered by President Donald Trump who said the Qud Forces commander was plotting 'imminent and sinister' attacks against Americans. 

The general was the architect of Iran's shadow warfare and military expansion in the Middle East and was targeted specifically because he was actively developing plans to kill members of the U.S. military and diplomats in the region.

'We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war,' Trump said in brief remarks at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.  

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