At least one mortar round struck the outer compound wall of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, but caused no casualties, an Iraqi official said, amid tensions between the two countries. A mortar round struck the perimeter of the mission in Waziriyah, in north Baghdad and outside the heavily fortified Green Zone that is home to the US and British embassies and parliament, an interior ministry official said.
There were no casualties, and authorities claimed to have found the vehicle from which the mortar was fired. Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported that at least two grenades were fired, with one striking the embassy's outer wall and the other hitting a nearby road. It also said there were no casualties. Antatolia said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, currently in Brussels, telephoned Ankara's envoy Yunus Demirer to inquire about the incident.