Green Zone

Proper noun

Meaning

Green Zone

A district of Baghdad, Iraq: A fortified high-security district of Baghdad; established by the United States occupation force in the wake of the U.S.-Iraq War invasion of 2003; which contains major international hotels, international organizations and forces headquarters, Iraqi national ministries and government offices, and VIP residences.

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But only hours after Ghaani delivered Iran's message in Baghdad — and while he was still in Iraq — a barrage of Katyusha rockets were fired at the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone, landing a few hundred meters (yards) from the U.S. Embassy. Source: Internet

Baghdad’s Green Zone, where the US and other embassies are located, was again in November. Source: Internet

Five Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies, late on Sunday, without reporting casualties, a military statement said. Source: Internet

Hours after Trump spoke, an 'incoming' siren went off in Baghdad's Green Zone after what seemed to be small rockets "impacted" the diplomatic area, a Western official said. Source: Internet

Iraq’s al-Hura Aews Agency reports that at least five rockets landed in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq’s capital. Source: Internet

Rocket attack alarms sounding off multiple times and booms were heard near US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Source: Internet

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