US Army Apache helicopter conducts an overflight of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Dec. 31, 2019.
At least eight Katyusha rockets hit the US embassy in Baghdadâs Green Zone Sunday night, according to several media outlets. Iraqi security sources claimed the rockets were intercepted by the embassyâs anti-missile defense systems.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement saying “the United States strongly condemns the latest attack by Iran-backed militias on the International Zone in Baghdad. While no Embassy personnel were harmed, the attack caused at least one Iraqi civilian casualty and damaged Iraqi civilian property. As Iraq struggles with Covid-19 and an increasingly dire economic crisis, Iran-backed militias are the most serious impediment to helping Iraq return to peace and prosperity. The same militias targeting diplomatic facilities are stealing Iraqi state resources on a massive scale, attacking peaceful protesters and activists, and engaging in sectarian violence.”