• A series of explosions on Saturday hit the US embassy in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq following strikes that reportedly killed two members of a powerful Iran-backed group.

A cloud of black smoke was said to have risen above the US diplomatic mission shortly after the sound of explosions on Saturday morning.

The embassy complex was reportedly struck in the attack, though the exact cause was not clear.

A drone was said to have hit the embassy, and a projectile, believed to be a rocket had fallen near the embassy’s airbase.

At the time of filing this report the US embassy is yet to make any comment on the incident.

The Saturday’s attack is said to be the second time the US embassy has come under attack in Baghdad since the start of the war between the United States and Iran.

Meanwhile, several Tehran-backed armed groups, which Washington has designated as terrorist organisations, allied under an umbrella movement known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have claimed daily drone and rocket attacks against US bases in the region.

Since the start of the war, several attacks targeting members of those groups across Iraq have been blamed on the US and Israel.
The attack on Saturday occurred shortly after two strikes targeted the powerful Iran-backed group Kataeb Hezbollah and killed kill two of its members, including a key figure.