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Katyusha rocket crashes into Baghdad Green Zone: security services

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A Katyusha rocket crashed Sunday into Baghdad's Green Zone which houses government offices and embassies including the US mission, Iraqi security services said in a statement.

The rocket -- which came after Washington ordered the evacuation of non-essential diplomatic staff from the Baghdad embassy and the Erbil consulate citing threats from Iranian-backed Iraqi armed groups -- caused no casualties, it said.

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First Published: May 19 2019 | 11:51 PM IST

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