- Rockets were fired near two US bases in Iraq, days after a US airstrike in the country killed top Iranian military leader, Qassem Soleimani, according to Reuters and other outlets.
- On Saturday, two rockets reportedly landed near Iraq’s US Embassy in Baghdad, and two more landed about 50 miles north, at an airbase that housed US troops.
- No injuries or casualties were reported at either site.
- Reports did not say who fired the rockets.
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Rockets were reportedly fired near two US bases in Iraq, days after a US airstrike in the country killed top Iranian military leader, Qassem Soleimani.
On Saturday, two rockets landed near Iraq’s US Embassy in Baghdad, which is in the city’s heavily secured Green Zone, the Daily Mail reported, citing Sky News Arabia. No injuries were reported.
Reuters also reported on Saturday that two rockets fell inside an airbase that housed US troops, about 50 miles north of Baghdad. There were no casualties, according to the report.
It was not reported who fired the rockets at either site.
Tensions had been mounting between the US and Iran over the last week, which resulted in a US airstrike on Thursday that killed Soleimani at Iraq's international airport in Baghdad. Soleimani was a top military leader and one of the most powerful people in Iran.
A military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader told CNN's Fred Pleitgen and Schams Elwazer that there would likely be a military response against military bases.
Business Insider's Aaron Holmes also reported that any retaliation against the US could include cyberwarfare.
On Tuesday, before the US strike that killed Soleimani, protestors supporting an Iranian-backed militia also stormed Baghdad's US Embassy, calling for US troops and diplomats to leave Iraq.