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US summons Iraqi ambassador over drone strike on diplomatic facility in Baghdad

AL-MONITOR
Apr 9, 2026
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami, in Doral, Florida, U.S., March 7, 2026. Rebecca Blackwell/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami, in Doral, Florida, U.S., March 7, 2026. Rebecca Blackwell/Pool via REUTERS — Rebecca Blackwell

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Thursday summoned the Iraqi ambassador after a drone struck a major U.S. diplomatic facility in Baghdad, the State Department said in a statement.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said earlier that an Iraqi "terrorist militia" group, which it accused of being aligned with Iran, had conducted multiple drone attacks near the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center and Baghdad International Airport.

The State Department said Landau acknowledged the Iraqi security forces' efforts to respond while emphasizing "the Iraqi government's failure to prevent these attacks".

(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by David Ljunggren)