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Three Rockets Hit near Baghdad Green Zone

A security force deployed near the Green Zone after the fall of Katyusha rockets on Mansur district (AFP)
A security force deployed near the Green Zone after the fall of Katyusha rockets on Mansur district (AFP)
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Three Rockets Hit near Baghdad Green Zone

A security force deployed near the Green Zone after the fall of Katyusha rockets on Mansur district (AFP)
A security force deployed near the Green Zone after the fall of Katyusha rockets on Mansur district (AFP)

Three rockets on Sunday hit a Baghdad neighborhood near the high-security Green Zone where the US embassy is located without causing any casualties, an Iraqi security official said.

“Three Katyusha rockets fell in the Mansur district of Baghdad,” the source told AFP.

The rockets struck near a Red Crescent hospital, a bank, and the district’s water management department, the source added.

Similar attacks happened in the past months against the US forces and interests in Iraq.

The attacks were not claimed by any party; however, Washington attributes them to pro-Iranian Iraqi factions that demand the full withdrawal of the US forces from Iraq.

Since the beginning of 2021, more than 50 attacks targeted US interests in Iraq, including the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraqi military bases, Baghdad International Airport, and Erbil International Airport.

The Iraqi authorities stated that the rocket launcher that targeted Mansur district was found in Al Shuala, west of Baghdad.

Some 2,500 US troops are still deployed in Iraq. They will officially limit themselves to an "advisory" role to the Iraqi security forces from 2022.

The Green Zone also houses Iraqi government buildings.

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Erdogan Says Türkiye Can ‘Crush’ All Terrorists in Syria

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference during the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (AFP)
Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference during the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (AFP)
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Erdogan Says Türkiye Can ‘Crush’ All Terrorists in Syria

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference during the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (AFP)
Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference during the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (AFP)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Wednesday that Türkiye had the power and ability to "crush" all terrorists in Syria, including ISIS and Kurdish militants, while urging all countries to "take their hands off" Syria.

Since last month's fall of Bashar al-Assad, Türkiye has said repeatedly it was time for the Kurdish YPG militia to disband. Ankara considers the group, which spearheads the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as a terrorist organization.

Ankara has said the new Syrian administration must be given an opportunity to address the YPG presence, but also threatened to mount a new cross-border operation against the militia based in northeast Syria if its demands are not met.

Speaking in parliament, Erdogan said the YPG was the biggest problem in Syria now, and added that the group would not be able to escape its inevitable end unless it lays down its arms.

"Regarding fabricated excuses like ISIS, these have no convincing side anymore," Erdogan said, referring to the US position that the YPG was a key partner against ISIS in Syria and that it plays a vital role guarding prison camps where the extremist militants are kept.

"If there is really a fear of the ISIS threat in Syria and the region, the biggest power that has the will and power to resolve this issue is Türkiye," he said.

"Everyone should take their hands off Syria and we, along with our Syrian siblings, will crush the heads of ISIS, the YPG and other terrorist organizations in a short time."

Türkiye has repeatedly asked its NATO ally the United States to halt support for the SDF, and has said the new administration in Syria had offered to take over the management of the prisons.