New rocket attacks target the US embassy in Baghdad
A security source reported early Tuesday that new rocket attacks targeted the US embassy in Baghdad, and that air defense systems were activated to counter the attack inside the Green Zone.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that sirens and the sound of interceptions were heard in the vicinity of the embassy, after rockets were launched towards the diplomatic compound, without any immediate information on the extent of the damage or whether the attacks resulted in injuries.
This development comes minutes after a series of attacks targeting the embassy via four drones, and hours after a drone attack that crashed into the upper fence of the Al-Rasheed Hotel inside the Green Zone without causing any injuries or material damage.
Following those attacks, the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Sabah al-Nu’man, described what happened as “terrorist attacks” that targeted the Majnoon oil field, the Rashid International Hotel, and the US Embassy headquarters in Baghdad, stressing that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani had directed the security and intelligence services to track down and pursue the perpetrators.
Shafaq.com