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Rockets target US embassy in Iraq, month into truce: Security source

AFP , Tuesday 17 Nov 2020

Several rockets targeted the US embassy in Iraq's capital late Tuesday, security sources told AFP, the first such attack since pro-Iran factions agreed to stop targeting the compound last month.

AFP reporters heard several large blasts, followed by rapid-fire sounds and red flares lighting up the sky, indicating that the embassy's C-RAM rocket defence system was deployed.

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