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A drone suspected of being attacked by pro-Iran forces attacked a major US diplomatic base in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to the Washington Post.
The newspaper said the strike hit the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, and no one was reported injured.
Six drones were fired at the compound, five of which were shot down.
The Post newspaper, citing a security official and a State Department alert, reported that another empty plane crashed near a guard tower and people at the facility were ordered to “go for cover.”
GULF STATES AVOID HUNDREDS OF IRANIAN ACTIVITIES AND DRONES, RELEASING US COMBINED CONTROL
US Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey stands with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Gen. James Mattis, Gen. Lloyd Austin III and Sgt. Maj. Joseph Allen follows a flag-raising ceremony at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center on Dec. 15, 2011. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
“Accountability is ongoing,” the warning said.
Iraq’s Ministry of Defense condemned the drone attack and missiles targeting the Martyr Muhammad Alaa Air Base and the Martyr Ali Fallah Air Base at X post but did not specifically mention the attack on the US facility or Iran.
“In response to these sinful abuses, the Ministry wishes to clarify and confirm the following facts: These air bases are fully sovereign and Iraqi, completely under the authority of the state and law, and there is no representation of any foreign forces in them under any designation,” wrote the government account.
A security official told The Washington Post that the attack may have been carried out by forces affiliated with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an independent group of Shiite armed groups aligned with Iran that it has blamed for attacks on US troops in the region.
US EMBASSY ATTACKED BY DRONES IN SAUDI ARABIA AS AMERICANS ARE ADVISED TO SHELTER THERE
A billboard with the image of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who was killed in US and Israeli airstrikes, is seen on a street in Baghdad on March 9, 2026. (Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images)
At the start of Operation Epic Fury, the State Department he had appealed to the Americans immediate departure from more than a dozen countries across the Middle East, warning of “significant security risks” as the war with Iran escalates.
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Affairs Mora Namdar said on March 2 that US citizens should travel to 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 help planning commercial travel can contact the State Department 24/7 at +1-202-501-4444 from abroad or +1-888-407-4747 from the US and Canada.
THE IRAQIS WAGE WAR ON ISRAEL, WE ARE THREATENING OUR INTERESTS THEY SAID AS IRAQ WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE THEY WERE DESTROYING THEM
Protesters walk with tear gas as they clash with Iraqi security forces near a bridge leading to the Green Zone in Baghdad on March 1, 2026. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/ via Getty Images)
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Officials warned the situation in the region remains volatile, and the security situation could change rapidly as conflict-related fighting continues.
At least nine US missions, including Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar and Israel, have issued repeated shelter-in-place directives or advisories ahead of Iran’s retaliatory attacks against US and Israeli forces.
