BAGHDAD, March 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Air defence systems intercepted rockets fired at the US embassy in Baghdad, security sources told AFP. It is the first such attack on the embassy in Baghdad since the start of the war in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, into which Iraq has been dragged. "Four rockets were launched... toward the embassy," a security official said, adding that air defences intercepted three, while one fell in an open area in the embassy's airbase. Two other security sources confirmed the attack, with one saying that all rockets were downed, including the one that fell in the airbase. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, ordered security forces to find the perpetrators of "the terrorist act" against the US embassy.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 08, 2026 14:42 UTC