UNAMI: The Green Zone attack is a cruel attempts to destabilize Iraq

Security/International

13-01-2022, 23:36

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Baghdad-INA

The United Nations Mission (UNAMI) confirmed today, Thursday, that the missiles targeting embassies constitute cruel attempts to destabilize Iraq.

(UNAMI) said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the missiles targeting embassies and causing casualties among Iraqi civilians constitute cruel attempts to destabilize the country.".

"Peace and security are prerequisites for addressing urgent domestic priorities and reasserting Iraqi sovereignty," they added.

Today, Thursday, the Security Media Cell announced that a girl and a woman were wounded in a missile attack targeting the Green Zone.

The cell said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "in a cowardly terrorist act, the innocent residents of the Green Zone in Baghdad and the headquarters of diplomatic missions, which the Iraqi security forces bear the responsibility of protecting, were attacked by a number of missiles launched from the Al-Dora area, south of the capital. As a result, a girl and a woman were injured.".

The cell also added, "One of these missiles fell inside Elaf school in the same area," noting that "the security forces are now working to ascertain the casualties and damage."