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The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
Following the missile attacks that attempted to attack the US embassy in Baghdad on Sunday night, US Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie briefed Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah, that Washington will not be silent if its interests are threatened.
MacKenzie and Yarallah confirmed during their meeting in Iraq that the missile attacks on the US embassy and coalition forces were caused by the factions’ indifference to the threats.
In addition, the vicinity of the US embassy in Baghdad witnessed a violent attack on Sunday night, with several Katyusha rockets.
The Iraqi army spokesman said after the attack: “Criminal gangs renewed their missile attacks on civilian facilities and homes in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Sunday night, causing damage to several residential buildings and cars and terrorizing the population”.
The spokesperson added in a statement that these criminal acts are aimed at the citizen and their safety and seek to undermine the prestige of the State and destabilize the situation.
Embassy regulations respond
For its part, the US embassy confirmed that the missiles targeting the Green Zone provoked a response from the embassy’s defense systems, pointing to minor damage to the embassy compound, but there were no injuries or casualties.
“We have received reports of damage to residential areas near the US embassy and the possibility of some injuries among innocent Iraqi civilians,” he added.
The US embassy considered that “these types of attacks on diplomatic facilities are a violation of international law and a direct assault on the sovereignty of the Iraqi government,” and called on all Iraqi political and government leaders to take steps to prevent such attacks. attacks and hold those responsible accountable.
Consecutive attacks
It is noteworthy that for months the Green Zone, which includes the United States embassy in Baghdad, as well as the military bases that house coalition forces and convoys carrying logistics equipment belonging to it, has been the target of missile attacks. and IED attacks.
Washington accuses Iranian militias in Iraq of being behind the missile attacks on the Iraqi embassy and military bases that house US soldiers.
Iranian militias in Iraq carried out missile strikes over the recent period, but tensions rose particularly after the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhri Zadeh last month, in addition to coinciding with the anniversary of the assassination of the Revolutionary Guard commander. Iranian Qassem Soleimani in early January after a US attack. .
