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Drone attack targets US embassy in Baghdad, explosion heard

AL-Monitor
Mar 17, 2026
Smoke rises after an explosion at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, following a rocket and drone attack, according to security sources, March 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Maher Nazeh
Smoke rises after an explosion at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, following a rocket and drone attack, according to security sources, March 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Maher Nazeh — Maher Nazeh

March 18 (Reuters) - A drone attack targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and an explosion was heard in the area, security sources said early on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Tom Hogue)