US diplomatic facility in Baghdad targeted in drone strike
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A retaliatory drone strike by pro-Iran militias hit a major US diplomatic facility in Baghdad on Tuesday, The Washington Post reported.
The newspaper said The strike hit the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center and no injuries were immediately reported.
Six drones were launched towards the compound, five of which were shot down.
A drone crashed near a watchtower and people at the facility were instructed to “duck down and take cover,” the Post reported, citing a security official and a State Department alert.
GULF STATES BLOCKED HUNDREDS OF IRANIAN MISSILES AND UAVS, MADE A JOINT CONDEMNATION WITH US
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Gen. James Mattis, Gen. Lloyd Austin III and Sgt. Major Joseph Allen after the ceremonial flag retirement ceremony at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center on December 15, 2011. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
The warning said, “Liability continues.”
The Iraqi defense ministry condemned the drone and missile attacks on Martyr Muhammad Alaa Air Base and Martyr Ali Fallah Air Base in its post on the X site, but did not directly mention the attack on the US facility or Iran.
“In response to these sinful attacks, the Ministry wishes to clarify and confirm the following facts: These air bases are entirely sovereign and Iraqi, subject entirely to the authority of the state and the law, and there is no representation in them of any foreign power,” the government account said.
The security official told the Washington Post that the attack was likely carried out by militias affiliated with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose umbrella group of Iran-linked Shiite armed groups that has claimed responsibility for attacks on US forces in the region.
While Americans were being given asylum instructions, the US embassy in SAUDI ARABIA WAS HIT BY DRONES
A billboard with the photo of Iran’s religious leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US and Israeli air strikes, is seen on a street in Baghdad on March 9, 2026. (Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Department of State at the start of Epic Operation Rage He called on Americans He has urged more than a dozen countries in the Middle East to leave immediately, warning of “serious security risks” as the Iran war intensifies.
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar said on March 2 that U.S. citizens should leave Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
The department said Americans who need assistance departing by commercial means can contact the State Department 24/7 at +1-202-501-4444 from abroad or +1-888-407-4747 from the United States and Canada.
IRANIAN PROXYS ARE DECISIONING WAR ON ISRAEL, THREATENING US INTERESTS WHILE IRAQ IS BEING PUNISHED FOR NOT DISARMING THEM
Protesters march with tear gas during clashes with Iraqi security forces near a bridge leading to the Green Zone in Baghdad on March 1, 2026. (via Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/ Getty Images)
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Authorities have warned that conditions in the region are unstable and the security situation could change rapidly as conflict-related clashes continue.
At least nine U.S. missions, including Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, and Israel, repeatedly issued shelter-in-place directives or advisories at the beginning of Iran’s retaliatory attacks against U.S. forces and Israel.
