A blast rocked central Baghdad near the Iranian embassy on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital’s heavily-fortified Green Zone as a landmark Arab summit opened on Thursday, Agence France Presse reports.
“It was a mortar round that landed near the (Iranian) embassy. There are no casualties,” though some of the windows of the embassy were broken, a police official said.
The blast was heard at around 1:40 pm and took place in the Salhiyeh neighbourhood of central Baghdad.
Baghdad rocked by blast as Arab summit opens
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