Baghdad: Several rockets fell on Saturday inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone near the US Embassy, its Jadriya neighbourhood, and the Balad air base housing US troops, the Iraqi military said, adding that there were no deaths.
"Several rockets targeting Celebration Square and the Jadriya area in Baghdad, and the Balad air base in Salahuddin province, with no loss of life. Further details to come," the military said in a statement.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
With security worries rising after Friday's strike, the NATO alliance and a separate U.S.-led mission suspended their programmes to train Iraqi security and armed forces, officials said.
"The safety of our personnel in Iraq is paramount. We continue to take all precautions necessary," acting NATO spokesman Dylan White said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah militia warned Iraqi security forces to stay at 1km away from US bases starting Sunday evening, accoridng to Al Mayadeen TV.
"Security forces must stay clear of American bases by a distance not less and a thousand metres starting Sunday evening," Al Mayadeen quoted the militia as saying.
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