Day after attack on US bases, two rockets hit Iraq's Green Zone housing govt buildings, foreign missions

Nearly 24 hours after Iran launched missiles at US bases in Iran, two rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone, an area which houses government buildings and foreign missions, including the US Embassy. There were, however, no casualties reported, a Reuters reports quoting military sources said.

The attack comes a day after Iran dropped over a dozen ballistic missiles on two airbases at Al-Assad and Irbil, in Iraq, that housed United States soldiers in retaliation against last week’s assassination of its top military commander Qasem Soleimani.

Iranian state media said at least 80 "American terrorists" were killed in attacks on two US bases in Iraq. The report also said that none of the missiles were intercepted. 

US President Donald Trump, however, said that no Americans were harmed in the attack. 

In a statement issued from the White House, hours after the missile strike Trump said, "No Americans were harmed in last night's attack by the Iranian regime. We suffered no casualties. All our soldiers are safe, only minimal damages were sustained at our military bases."

Defending the killing of the top military commander, the US President had claimed that Iran had been the leading sponsor of terrorism. In his public announcement said that he gave the orders to kill in an effort to 'stop a war' not to 'start a war' with Iran