There are reports of a rocket attack near the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
CNN reports that there was at least one rocket attack in Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday morning (NZT), citing an Iraqi official. The Green Zone is an area in the centre of the city protected by barriers which contains the US Embassy, the country's Parlaiment and other foreign embassies.
Reuters reports that two witnesses says there were two blasts. Al Jazeera says there have been no casualties yet reported.
The BBC's Iraq reporter, Nafiseh Kohnavard, tweeted that there had been two attacks near to the embassy at the city's Victory Arch - in the Green Zone - and another attack at the Balad Air Base in Iraq which hosts United States troops.
Reuters says two rockets feel in the air base, which is north of Baghdad, but caused no fatalities.
These reports come as Iran and Iraq mourn Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed in a United States-directed airstrike on Friday. Iran has called it an "act of war" and promised revenge, sparking fears of a regional war.
Following the airstrike, the United States called for American citizens to flee Iraq, as many from the southern city of Basra did. Other American allies have also told citizens to show extreme caution when visiting the country. There is currently a "Do not travel" advisory for New Zealanders wanting to go to Iraq and a "Exercise increased caution" for most parts of Iran.
Tens of thousands of people marched in Baghdad on Sunday to remember the military chief as well as militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was also killed in the Friday blast.
There is currently a "Do not travel" advisory for New Zealanders wanting to go to Iraq and a "Exercise increased caution" for most parts of Iran.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said there would be three days of mourning for Soleimani, who was considered one of the most powerful men in Iran. Commentators have suggested his death is the equivalent of killing the vice-president of the US, and the death has sent shockwaves around the globe.
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Sticking to similar lines to what the Pentagon said in a statement following the airstrike, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the decision to strike was to "stop a war".
"Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel but we caught him in the act and terminated him," the president said.
Roughly 3000 additional soldiers are being sent to the Middle East following Friday's airstrike.
The Trump-directed attack comes after a week of heightened tension between Iran and the US. Last week, an America contractor in Iraq was killed in a rocket attack which the US blamed on Iranian-backed militia. In response, the US killed 25 Kataeb Hezbollah fighters, leading militias to attack the US Embassy in Baghdad.
An additional airstrike hit in the Iraq area of Taji on Saturday, killing at least six people.
