A rocket attack targets the US embassy in Baghdad, causing minor damage but no casualties

BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi officials say a rocket attack at the sprawling U.S. embassy in Baghdad has caused minor material damage but no casualties. Iran-backed militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks that targeted bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since the Israel-Hamas war began two months ago. The embassy is in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses Iraqi government buildings and embassies, on the west bank of the Tigris River. A U.S. military official said rockets hit the vicinity of Union III that houses offices of the U.S.-led coalition.