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US Embassy in Baghdad was shelled with rockets at night

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On the morning of  December 8, the fortified "green zone" where the United States Embassy is located in the Iraqi capital Baghdad was fired upon with rockets. This was reported by UNN with reference to AP.   

Details

According to the Iraqi security service, 14 Katyusha missiles were fired on December 8. Some of them fell near the embassy gates, others into the river. According to a representative of the service, the missile attack caused material damage, but there were no casualties.

The U.S. Embassy says that as of Friday morning, no specific group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but there are indications that the strike was carried out by militants with ties to Iran.

Supplement 

The US military reported that a total of 78 attacks on US facilities have been carried out in recent weeks, 37 of which were in Iraq and 41 in Syria.

At the same time, the publication notes that this is the first confirmed attack on the US Embassy in Iraq since the beginning of the war between Israel and the Hamas group on October 7.

SEE ALSO: Yemeni Houthis attack US warship and Israeli commercial vessels with drones in Red Sea - Associated Press

Approximately 2,500 US troops are stationed in Iraq and about 900 others in eastern Syria, where they are carrying out missions against the Islamic State group.

To recap

The United States has accused Iran of sanctioning the Houthi attack on a US destroyer and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and is considering a coordinated international response.

The attacks have jeopardized maritime security and international trade, and the U.S. military has shot down drones in self-defense.

Volodymyr Omelchenko

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