Drone strike hits US Embassy in Baghdad

Drone Strike Hits US Embassy in Baghdad

The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by an attack on Saturday following strikes that killed two members of a powerful Iran-backed group in the capital, security sources said.

A cloud of black smoke rose above the US diplomatic mission shortly after the sound of explosions on Saturday morning, an AFP journalist said. Two security officials told AFP the embassy complex was struck in the attack, though the exact cause was not clear. One security source said a drone had hit the embassy, while another said a projectile, believed to be a rocket, had fallen near the embassy's airbase.

The US embassy did not immediately respond to AFP's request for comment on the incident. It is the second time the US embassy has come under attack in Baghdad since the start of the war.

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