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Loud bang as drone is intercepted in Baghdad

The National ·

A drone was intercepted near the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Tuesday, causing a loud bang, an official said. “The sound heard in Baghdad resulted from the handling of a drone in the vicinity of the Green Zone,” said Maj Gen Saad Maan, the head of the government's Security Media Cell.…

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