The US Embassy in Baghdad was attacked on Friday, with at least two rockets falling in its vicinity, but no staff members were injured, the mission in the Iraqi capital said in a statement.
Iraqi premier orders security forces to arrest and prosecute those responsible for attack
The attack caused no injuries among staffers, the US-funded Alhurra broadcaster reported, citing a statement from the US Embassy, which also urged the Iraqi government to protect diplomatic missions in the country.
Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani directed the security forces to “capture and prosecute those responsible for the rocket attack aimed at the US Embassy in Iraq.”
The Iraqi official news agency INA quoted Al-Sudani as saying, “Those responsible for such attacks insult Iraq, its stability, and security,” stressing that they “do not represent the will of the Iraqi people.”
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which is the first against the US Embassy since Oct. 7.
Since Oct. 7, following Israel’s devastating onslaught on the Gaza Strip, US military bases in Iraq and Syria have come under attack by at least 70 rocket and unmanned aerial vehicle strikes in an apparent protest against the US policy of supporting Israel.
According to local sources, a rocket attack on the US embassy in Iraq and in the vicinity of the Green Zone of Baghdad early Friday.
AhlulBayt News Agency: Local sources reported a rocket attack on the US embassy in Iraq and in the vicinity of the Green Zone of Baghdad early Friday.
The sound of several explosions was heard and sirens sounded at the US embassy, according to the reports.
No groups or individuals have claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
In reaction to US support for the Israeli regime in the Gaza war, the Iraqi Resistance groups have repeatedly targeted the positions of American forces in recent weeks.
After the martyrdom of Resistance commanders who led the anti-terrorism fight in Iraq and Syria, the Iraqi parliament approved a piece of legislation to call for the withdrawal of American troops from the country, a demand that the US troops have yet to meet.
