The US embassy in Baghdad has been bombarded with 60mm mortar rounds in an attack believed to have been carried out by Iran-aligned militias.
Missiles were fired at the diplomatic hub in Iraq in the early hours of Friday morning and they set off the emergency sirens.
Staff and residents in the local area were told to ‘take cover and await further instruction’ as the sound of explosions rung out.
Around seven mortar rounds landed within the embassy compound. The US military said there were no casualties or major infrastructure damage but the attack reportedly damaged the headquarters of an Iraqi security agency.
The incident marked the first time the US embassy has ever been fired on and comes after dozens of attacks on military bases housing US forces in Iraq and Syria since mid-October.





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