Overview
- Six drones were launched at the compound, Iraqi and U.S. defenses shot down five, and one impacted near a guard tower at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center.
- Internal State Department alerts ordered personnel to duck and cover and said accountability was ongoing, with officials reporting all U.S. government staff accounted for.
- No U.S. casualties have been reported, though two State Department officials said three locally contracted security guards were taken to a hospital for evaluation due to their proximity to the blast.
- A State Department spokesperson condemned attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq and pressed the Iraqi government to safeguard American personnel and sites.
- U.S. reporting attributes the strike likely to militias operating under the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, while Iraq’s defense ministry condemned attacks near Iraqi bases without citing the U.S. facility.