A rocket attack near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and an Iraqi base where U.S. troops are stationed resulted in no casualties, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.
Four rockets hit near the embassy and Iraqi base inside the Green Zone early Sunday morning, causing minor damage but no injuries or fatalities. The attack is the latest in a string of strikes on Iraqi military bases that are also housing U.S. servicemen.
A spokesman for U.S. military operations in Iraq confirmed that rockets had hit the Iraqi base. An Iraqi military official said that rockets had also hit inside the U.S. embassy compound, but the missiles did not result in any casualties.
On Jan. 8, Iran launched missiles at two Iraqi military bases where U.S. servicemen were posted. Neither American nor Iraqi forces suffered a loss during the attack, but dozens of U.S. servicemen reported having severe head trauma and concussions due to the strike.
Iran launched the strike against joint U.S.-Iraqi forces after President Trump ordered a drone strike that killed Iran’s top general and terror leader Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3. Soleimani planned and approved operations that have killed hundreds of U.S. soldiers in the Middle East. He led Iran’s Quds Force, designated a terrorist entity by the United States in 2007, from 1998 until his death.
