Iraq: Rockets fired at Green Zone as parliament convenes

Three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Wednesday while Iraq’s parliament voted to reject the resignation of speaker Mohammed Halbousi, Iraq’s military said.

Seven security personnel were wounded in the attack, which took place amid a partial lockdown in the capital as parliament was convening. Security forces blocked bridges to the central Green Zone and imposed a curfew on buses, motorcycles, and trucks.

A source told Al-Ghadeer News that one of the rockets fell in the vicinity of the Iraqi Council of Minister’s General Secretariat building.

The Security Media Cell said in a statement received by Al-Ghadeer News, “The bombing of the Green Zone in Baghdad, which took place at 15:30 on Wednesday, resulted in the injury of 7 security forces, their injuries vary.”