US Embassy in Baghdad: Our diplomatic facilities were bombed

US Embassy in Baghdad: Our diplomatic facilities were bombed

US Embassy in Baghdad - Our diplomatic facilities were bombedThe US embassy in the Iraqi capital announced on Wednesday that its diplomatic facilities in Baghdad were attacked yesterday evening, confirming that there were no casualties.

“The US diplomatic service compound in Baghdad was attacked late Tuesday, but no injuries were reported,” the US embassy spokesman said in a statement.

He added, “The embassy is assessing the damage and its cause and will provide more information when its assessment is complete.”

Yesterday, Tuesday, a security source reported that a bombing targeted the logistics center of the US embassy inside Baghdad International Airport.

The source said, “The shelling, the nature of which is not yet known, whether it was missiles or mortar shells, took place near the logistical support of the American embassy, ​​and another near the headquarters of the Counter-Terrorism Service, all of which are located within the approaches to Baghdad International Airport.”

For his part, the military spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades, Jaafar al-Husseini, described the missile attack that targeted Baghdad airport as “suspicious.”

He added: “Targeting Baghdad airport at this time is being carried out by suspicious hands, and its aim is to disrupt the Iranian president’s visit to Baghdad, and we call on the security services to uncover those involved.”

Shafaq.com

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