Baghdad: A rocket exploded on the edge of the fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, where an Arab League summit attended by nine heads of state was taking place, a senior security source said.
The rocket was fired despite a security clampdown in Baghdad, where 100,000 extra security forces have been deployed, streets closed and a curfew imposed on vehicles.
"The blast happened close to the Iranian embassy. The windows of the embassy have been shattered, but there are no casualties," the source told Reuters.
Iraq is hosting the Arab League summit for the first time in 20 years and is keen to show its neighbours it can maintain security following the withdrawal of U.S. troops in December, nine years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
The rocket was fired despite a security clampdown in Baghdad, where 100,000 extra security forces have been deployed, streets closed and a curfew imposed on vehicles.
"The blast happened close to the Iranian embassy. The windows of the embassy have been shattered, but there are no casualties," the source told Reuters.
Iraq is hosting the Arab League summit for the first time in 20 years and is keen to show its neighbours it can maintain security following the withdrawal of U.S. troops in December, nine years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
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