{"id":1794,"date":"2026-03-17T15:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:53:35","slug":"drones-rockets-fired-at-us-embassy-in-baghdad-security-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=1794","title":{"rendered":"Drones, rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad, security sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773722465-3031-large-1024x573.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773722465-3031-large-1024x573.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773722465-3031-large-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773722465-3031-large-768x430.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773722465-3031-large.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Rockets and at least five drones were \u200blaunched at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad \u200cearly on Tuesday from areas around the city, Iraqi security sources said, describing the attack as the most intense since \u200bthe start of the U.S.-Israel war with \u200bIran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Reuters witness saw at least three drones \u2060heading in the direction of the embassy. The \u200bC-RAM air defence system shot down two of them \u200bwhile a third struck inside the embassy compound, from which fire and smoke could be seen rising, the witness said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An \u200bexplosion was heard in the Iraqi capital, another \u200bReuters witness said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"848\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 672 \/ 848;\" width=\"672\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9092.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. embassy mobile phones were switched off when Reuters \u200ccalled \u2060seeking comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian backed militias have been\u00a0attacking U.S. interests in Iraq\u00a0in retaliation for the war which began on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Iran-aligned group Kataib Hezbollah announced \u200bthe death \u200bof its \u2060senior commander and spokesperson, and Popular Mobilization Forces said air strikes killed at \u200bleast eight of its fighters in the \u200bIraqi \u2060town of al-Qaim near Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraqi security forces have been deployed across parts of the capital and closed Baghdad&#8217;s \u2060fortified \u200bGreen Zone, which houses government buildings \u200band diplomatic missions including the U.S. embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reporting by Maher Nazeh and \u200bAhmed Rasheed; Editing by Tom Hogue and Christopher Cushing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"848\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 464 \/ 848;\" width=\"464\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_9090.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Rockets and at least five drones were \u200blaunched at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad \u200cearly on Tuesday from areas around the city, Iraqi security sources &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}