She said US Embassy In a statement: “On Tuesday, September 10, the diplomatic support complex in Baghdad “It is a US diplomatic facility,” she said, noting that there were no reports of injuries, as she said in a brief statement on Wednesday..
She continued: “Evidence indicates that the attack was launched by groups allied with Iran And works freely in Iraq“.
The diplomatic support complex attached to the US embassy in Baghdad was previously targeted, most notably on January 3, 2022, coinciding with the second anniversary of the assassination of the Iranian military commander. Qasem Soleimani Vice President Popular Mobilization Iraqi Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US strike in the Iraqi capital.
The complex provides logistical support to the US diplomatic mission and also includes medical facilities..
In a statement to Agence France-Presse on Tuesday evening, a senior Iraqi security official, who requested anonymity, said that “two Katyusha rockets” fell at Baghdad International Airport, “one of them on a fence.” Counter-terrorism The second is inside the base of the international coalition led by Washington..
This security development came amid regional unrest and hours before the arrival of the Iranian president. Masoud Bezeshkian To the Iraqi capital on his first foreign visit since his election in July.
The United States has about 2,500 troops in Iraq and about 900 in neighboring Syria as part of a coalition it formed in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group. The coalition also includes forces from other countries, notably France and the United Kingdom..
Iraqi armed factions loyal to Iran are demanding the withdrawal of these forces, while Baghdad and Washington have been negotiating for months regarding the gradual reduction of the number of coalition forces in Iraq..
Following the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 7, armed factions targeted bases in Iraq and Syria that housed American forces against the backdrop of Washington’s support for Israel in the war..
