On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi met at the government palace in Baghdad with ambassadors from 25 nations to discuss the security situation in Iraq. Following the meeting — which included representatives from a number of Western and Arab states — the ambassadors issued a statement condemning the attacks against foreign diplomatic missions and troops and expressed support for the prime minister's actions to address the foreign missions' concerns in the country. 

Attacks by militias on foreign missions and troops have increased in recent days. 

Al-Harir military base, a US installation in Iraq's Kurdistan region, was hit by rockets late Sep. 30. Two days earlier, on Sept. 28, a Katyusha rocket hit a civilian home in Radwaniyah district near Baghdad’s airport, killing five people and wounding others. The rocket was targeting a US base located by the airport but hit the house mistakenly. This comes in conjunction with a series of other attacks, including two others on Sept. 28 on logistics convoys of US troops in southern Iraq.

The attacks follow US warnings to Iraqi officials that it would close its embassy in Baghdad and withdraw its entire military and diplomatic staff from southern Iraq to the Kurdistan region.