US EditionUS embassy in Iraq's Baghdad hit in missiles attack, security sources say
The helipad strike is part of ongoing tit-for-tat attacks by Iran-aligned militias amid the US-Israel-Iran war; the embassy has faced repeated missile and drone attacks.
- A series of explosions targeted the US embassy in Baghdad, reportedly killing two members of an Iran-backed group.
- Black smoke rose above the embassy complex shortly after the explosions on Saturday morning.
- The embassy complex was struck, but the exact cause remains unclear.
- This attack is the second on the US embassy in Baghdad since the start of the conflict between the United States and Iran.
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Iran continues its attacks on US targets as well as cities in neighbouring countries and threatens further military attacks.
The Iran war is increasingly affecting the whole region. In the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the area of the U.S. embassy was hit. Twelve people died in Lebanon during an Israeli attack. Hamas also spoke.
Iran strikes back after US bombs oil-critical Iranian island
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran entered its third week Saturday. Associated Press images showed a column of smoke rising over the embassy compound in the Iraqi capital and a fire in the Fujairah port in the UAE that broke out after what authorities said …
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