Mortars Are Fired Into Iraqi Capital’s Center, Where U.S. Embassy Is Located
No damage was caused, but incident comes amid heightened tensions in the region/ BAGHDAD—Two mortars were fired into the Iraqi capital’s center where the U.S. Embassy is located, security officials said, an incident that comes amid heightened tensions in the region after the U.S. blamed Iran for attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities. No damage was caused with one of the mortars landing in an empty lot in the vicinity of Baghdad’s Green Zone, the home of many diplomatic missions and Iraqi government buildings, and the other in the Tigris ...
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