Rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad ahead of anniversary of Soleimani killing
At least one Iraqi civilian was injured in the strike, the US State Department said.
A barrage of Katyusha rockets rained down near the US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Sunday in the latest attack which the United States has blamed on Iran-backed militias.
The US State Department said at least one Iraqi civilian was injured as a result of strikes and that the embassy suffered minor damage. Iraq’s military blamed “an outlawed group” for the attack.
American counter-rocket, artillery and mortar systems (C-RAM) engaged the rockets, throwing streams of illuminated tracer shells into the night sky over the Iraqi capital on Sunday.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh called the strike “unacceptable” but suggested the timing of the attack and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement “dubious.”
