Publish Date: 4 September 2021 - 17:07

Informed Iraqi security sources reported the activation of the siren and the C-Ram defense system inside the US Embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad.

The US embassy in Baghdad is testing the C-Ram system, and this defense test will continue from 1 to 3 p.m. (local time), a source familiar with the matter told Al-Sumaria.

Earlier, social media users posted footage of the activation of the alarm and the C-Ram system at the third Tawhid base at the US Embassy in the Green Zone.

The security department of the US Embassy in Baghdad claimed that the incidents were a defensive exercise and would last from 1 to 3 p.m. local time.

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